fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
rebirth; new birth; nascent
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
rosary; string of prayer beads
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
quietly; slowly; gracefully
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
hot spring district (within a town)
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
by means of; due to; because of; according to