striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
sacred books; sutras; scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
scripture; passage from scripture
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
rosary; string of prayer beads
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
shyness; bashfulness; shame
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
business trip; official trip
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
transformer; trance (semi-conscious state); trance; trance music; trans; transgender
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
agape; agape feast; love feast; lovefeast
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
founder of a religious sect
best pupil; leading disciple
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Buddhist (household) altar
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning