meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
righteousness; justice; right
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
civil and military officers
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Bohai (kingdom in Manchura and N. Korea, established after the fall of Goguryeo); Pohai; Bohai; Balhae; Bokkai
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated