spring water; clear (pure) water
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
Sanjusangen-do (hall in Kyoto)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya)
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
historical play; period drama
rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
(Saitou) Musashibou Benkei (?-1189)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
rather; better; instead; if anything
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
road approaching a shrine
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge