Vocabulary

TV guide; television guide

federal court (US)

Christ

trial by jury; jury trial

phytoncide (anti-microbial compound derived from plants)

harness

Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter

Sanskrit

alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

secret theory

Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind

esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect

shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object

mudra (symbolic hand gesture)

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

The Four Noble Truths

Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)

noble eightfold path

Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self)

World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)

Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)

early Buddhist schools; Nikaya Buddhism

completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb

hug

journalist identification; press pass

referendum

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

electronic voting; e-voting

request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session

movie viewing event; film screening; movie screening; movie night

scaffold; gallows

pyelitis

undergraduate student; undergraduate

deed of sale

sports park; athletic park; stadium

the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools

Edo-period unit of gold coinage