the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment
excursion; field trip; school trip
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794); Nagaokakyō (city)
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
religious leader; religious figure; religious practitioner
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
coating (esp. lacquering)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
public praise; making another's virtues well-known
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop