Vocabulary

ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)

pork donburi; bowl of rice topped with pork and vegetables

Philopon (brand of methamphetamine)

massage therapy

massage therapist

in company; among people

Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)

piece of cloth

decorative ceiling painting

heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage

grace; blessing; compassion

writing; penmanship

writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship

sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)

tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts

monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

Obaku school of Zen Buddhism

Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism

five most important temples of a region

Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto

ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan

temple's name

temple grounds

lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)

small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest

sub-temple

Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants

flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

monolayer; single layer; single story (storey)

style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama

imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu

trading vessel

blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

deerfly (Chrysops suavis)