Vocabulary

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

every second

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically

private ownership

sterilised; sterilized; sterile; pasteurised; pasteurized; germ-free

without notice; without leave (e.g. absence)

noted product; local specialty

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

(writing, painting) brush

deadly poison

Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha

supremacy; predominance; being superior to

prostitute; harlot

foresight; foreknowledge; divination

blank space; margin; blank canvas

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

little girl

wool

back and front; inside and outside; both sides

way (of doing things); method; style; fashion

ill will; spite; evil intention; malice

(study of) genetics

hereditary (genetic) disease

well digging; well digger

well curb; well kerb

group; flock; crowd; herd

one drop (of fluid)

a puff; a smoke; a cup of tea

one bow; one salute; one greeting

right bank (of a river)

building a nest

remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause

distant place; faraway location; far away

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

(flower) vase

freight car; van