to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
sending off the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of the Bon Festival (by lighting small fires)
pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
five directions (center, north, south, east, and west)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
Konjin; God of (unlucky) directions
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
metal ring; metal hoop; metal band; trivet
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
enumeration; citation; listing
hundred times; hundred degrees
to cease; to stop; to be over
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
even though it is not; despite not
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
besides; in addition; also; moreover
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
once or twice; repeatedly