progressive (enterprising) spirit
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
adventure travel; adventuresome trip; safari
Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
national border; provincial border
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
spiritual awakening; resolution
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
un-; non-; negative prefix
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
social; societal; societary
becoming a monk; entering priesthood