East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
dried lacquer; dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer
by means of; due to; because of; according to
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Amoghapasa (manifestation of Kannon)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
recommendation; referral; endorsement
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
government service; the bureaucracy
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
writing; composition; essay; sentence
quotation; citation; reference
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all