blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
reaching the shore; docking a boat
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
same kind (race); homogeneousness
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to sprout; to spring up; to come out
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
A Collection of Tales from Uji
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
transferral of a sacred object from its place of enshrinement; imperial procession
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
one person; another name; nickname; alias
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
both; both sides; both parties
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
name; given name; first name
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
still; as yet; as it has been