Vocabulary

essential amino acid

rainwear

thin, sleeveless overgarment worn by pilgrims

temple

monk

vajra bell

stratigraphy

microfossil

feathered dinosaurs

Prabhutaratna (buddha)

holding (an umbrella) over something

Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)

pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)

white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)

two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top)

expiation

Brocken spectre; Brocken bow

glory (i.e. an anticorona)

halo (of a Buddhist statue); nimbus

aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola

exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt

I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

ten epithets (of Buddha)

ten epithets of Buddha

Sugata (the well-gone; epithet of Buddha)

arhat (meritorious person, esp. an epithet of Buddha)

last time (as of now); never again

uncountable noun

reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)

reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)

second-person pronoun

compound verb

type-1 adjective (i.e. one that uses "ku" conjugation)

type-2 adjective (i.e. one that uses "shiku" conjugation)

subsidiary adjective (in Japanese); auxiliary adjective

adverb of degree

eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)

Vajrasekhara Sutra

the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)