Vocabulary

camel color

attaching and detaching; putting on and removing; installing and removing

entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs

internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food

internal organs such as intestines used as food

xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling

bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

roast giblets

very large float used to carry taiko at festivals

decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals

storage room

baren; disk-shaped rubbing pad for pressing paper when making a print from a wood block

sōrin; finial of a Japanese pagoda

fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

ukebana; lotus-shaped support on a pedestal, lantern, pagoda finial, etc.

exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala

Garbhadhatu; Womb Realm; Matrix Realm

Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala

Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra

Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra

Garbhadhatu; Womb Realm; Matrix Realm

Vairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha); Dainichi Buddha; Nyorai Buddha

ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien

center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)

Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas

Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm

Vajradhatu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala

precious orb

central pillar of a pagoda; shinbashira

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

Maitreya

Omuro (sect of Shingon Buddhism)

establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way

front side; anterior

cylindrical paper lantern

peep; chirp; beep; whistling, chirping, piping, etc. sound made by birds, insects, pipes, children, etc.

suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

complete freedom; great freedom; great unhinderedness