Vocabulary Browser

Consciousness-Only School (of Buddhism)

house built on sand

land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)

to mask oneself

residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)

point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current)

Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)

production committee system (joint financing for a work, e.g. anime, film, game)

Oribe ware (style of Japanese pottery)

tsunami earthquake

Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)

stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning)

Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism

steel formwork

downturn

metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)

drafting paper

to demand gratitude

multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand

false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)

major volcanic eruption

discontinued edition (model, product, etc.)

agreement

Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)

Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes

scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

earthquake insurance