agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
ending up right back where one started
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)
stupid face; foolish look on one's face
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
Avici (lowest level of hell)
excessive flattery; adulation
open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
Awazumi City (a fictional city in the Remember11 visual novel)
you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance
amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
elder brother; my dear brother
Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer); fragrant screw pine; kewda
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides
isolated place; hermitage
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
stupid chatter; foolish talk
Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil; tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
fool; oaf; airhead; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras
coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease
to sell out to the masses
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
ridiculous; stupid; laughable
(arch.) father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
mumps; epidemic parotitis
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman
red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
seductive; sensual; coquettish
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
large broad bean; (boiled and sweetened) broad bean
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
to be bewitching; to look coquettish; to behave in an alluring manner; to behave in a seductive manner
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); red rockfish; red scorpionfish
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
one who knows little often repeats it
humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
there's no medicine for stupidity
there's no medicine for stupidity
uncle (one's father's younger brother)
stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things
only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
fools act without thinking
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon
soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)
kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)