nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Nenbutsu-odori is a kind of dance where the dancing and singing are performed by different people, and can be distinguished from odori nenbutsu which is performed by a single person who dances and chants a Buddhist sutra at the same time.
Japanese: 念仏踊り（ねんぶつおどり）とは、踊り手と歌い手が分かれているもので、自ら念仏を唱えながらおどる踊念仏とは区別される。
English: Its origin is believed to derive from the 'rain dance' held by SUGAWARA no Michizane over four years from 886 to 889 when he was kokushi (provincial governor) of Sanuki Province, and the dance danced by villagers to express their gratitude the following year still remains.
Japanese: 起源としては、菅原道真が886年から889年の4年間、讃岐国の国司を勤めた時に行った「雨乞いの踊り」とされ、翌年から村人達が感謝の意味で踊ったのが今に残る。
English: This dance became 'Nenbutsu-odori' after Honen, who had been exiled to Sanuki in 1207 due to a religious conflict, saw the dance and made them perform it while chanting 'nenbutsu' or the Buddhist sutra.
Japanese: 「念仏踊り」となったのは1207年に法然が宗教上の争いから讃岐に流され、この踊りを見てセリフとして「念仏」を唱えるようにさせた事による。
English: At the present day, the 'Takinomiya no Nenbutsu Odori' is still performed on August 25 in Takinomiya, Ayagawa-cho, Ayauta-gun, Kagawa Prefecture, and it is designated a National Important Intangible Property of Folk Culture as the root of 'nenbutsu-odori' which remain in many places throughout the country.
Japanese: 現在でも香川県綾歌郡綾川町滝宮では8月25日に「滝宮の念仏踊」が行なわれ、全国に残る「念仏踊り」のルーツとして国の重要無形民俗文化財に指定されている。
English: Fusan is the distribution of ofuda (paper charms) on which the words '南無阿弥陀仏、決定往生六十万人' are written, practiced in the Ji sect, a Pure Land sect of Buddhism.
Japanese: 賦算（ふさん）とは浄土系仏教の一派時宗において「南無阿弥陀仏、決定往生六十万人」と記した札を配ることである。
English: The Ji sect greatly evolved between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period because of both fusan and odori-nenbutsu.
Japanese: これと踊念仏によって時宗は鎌倉時代から室町時代にかけて大いに発展した。
English: Raitan SHIMOTSUMA (year of birth unknown - 1574) was a monk and busho (Japanese military commander) of the Otani family who lived during the Sengoku period (Japan).
Japanese: 下間頼旦（しもつまらいたん、生年不詳-天正2年（1574年））は、戦国時代(日本)の大谷家の武将、僧。
English: When the Nagashima Ikko Ikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers in Nagashima) in Ise Province against Nobunaga ODA arose in 1574, Raitan led the Ikko sect followers in Nagashima.
Japanese: 1574年、織田信長の伊勢国長島一向一揆が始まったとき、長島にいる一向宗を指導した。
English: However, this turned out to be Nobunaga's conspiracy; it is said that when Raitan surrendered and came out of the castle, he and his followers were slaughtered by Oda's army.
Japanese: しかしこれは信長の謀略で、頼旦は降伏して城から出たとき、織田軍によって門徒ともども虐殺されたという。
English: Kenkyo (also pronounced Kengyo) (exoteric Buddhism) is the disclosed teaching of Buddhism.
Japanese: 顕教（けんきょう、けんぎょう）とは、仏教の中で、秘密にせず明らかに説かれた教えのこと。
English: It is one of the Kyoso Hanjaku (evaluations of sutras) classified by Kukai, the founder of the Shingon sect, from the perspective of the superiority of Esoteric Buddhism.
Japanese: 真言宗の開祖である空海が、密教が勝れているという優位性の観点から分類した教相判釈の一つである。
English: A teaching clearly disclosed by Shaka Nyorai (Buddha Shakamuni) who revealed himself to enlighten all living things.
Japanese: 衆生を教化するために姿を示現した釈迦如来が、秘密にすることなく明らかに説き顕した教え。
English: On a related note, Saicho taught Enmitsu icchi (Agreement of Tendai Integrate Teachings and Esoteric Teachings) from the standpoint of Shishu (also pronounced Yonshu) kengaku (learning the four sects) in an attempt to subsume Buddhist scriptures centering on the Lotus Sutra, and with the aim of establishing a Tendai doctrine unique to Japan and different from the Chinese Tendai sect.
Japanese: なお、最澄は中国の天台宗とは趣を異にした日本独自の天台教学の確立を目標に、法華経を中心としつつ他の仏教の経典を包摂しようと試みた四宗兼学という立場から、円密一致を説いている。
English: Nichiu (May 18, 1402 - November 10, 1482) was a priest during the mid Muromachi period who was the head of Taiseki-ji Temple from 1419 to 1467 and again from 1472 to 1482.
Japanese: 日有（にちう、応永9年4月16日(旧暦)（1402年5月18日）-文明(日本)14年9月29日(旧暦)（1482年11月10日）、在位1419年-1467年、1472年-1482年）は室町時代中期の僧侶。
English: Nichiu established Nichiren Shoshu kyogaku (study of Buddhism sect) and Nichiren Honbutsu ron (theory that Nichiren was the original Buddha), and is respected as the restorer of the Nichiren Shoshu sect together with the 26th high priest Nichikan.
Japanese: 26世日寛とともに中興の祖として仰がれ現在の日蓮正宗教学及び日蓮本佛論を作成した人物である。
English: August 1419: Nichiu, at the age of 17, was chosen by the eighth high priest Nishiei as his successor through granting of Kechimyaku Sojo (transmission of the heritage of the teachings) and engaged himself in missionary activities for an extended period of time, travelling throughout various districts, such as Oshu (Northern Honshu, the region encompassing Mutsu and Dewa provinces), Kyoto and Echigo Province.
Japanese: 1419年8月、17歳で8世日影から血脈相承を受けて奥州から京都、越後国などの諸国へ長期間にわたり布教を進めた。
English: January 1458: Nichikaku, a senior priest of Chikuzen Province (northwestern area of Fukuoka Prefecture), listened to and recorded Nichiu's oral teachings at Taiseki-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1458年（長禄2年）1月、筑前阿日格大石寺に日有の法門を聴き之を録す。
English: July 18, 1460: Nichiu made a replica of honzon and gave it to Nichigen KATO of Nihasama, Rikuzen Province (Miyagi Prefecture and a part of Iwate Prefecture).
Japanese: 1460年（寛正1年）7月18日、本尊を書写し陸前二迫加藤日源に授与す。
English: March 22, 1461: Nichiu made a replica of honzon and gave it to Nichian of Sonobe, Shimotsuke Province (Tochigi Prefecture).
Japanese: 1461年（寛正2年）3月22日、本尊を書写し下野薗部日安に授与す。
English: January 11, 1462: Nichijuu NANJO started writing Nichiu Shonin Onmonogatari Chomonsho (records of oral teachings given by the Venerable Nichiu) which consisted of three volumes.
Japanese: 1462年（寛正3年）1月11日、南条日住、日有上人御物語聴聞抄3巻の稿を始む。
English: June 2, 1463: Nichiu made a replica of honzon and gave it to the senior priest Nichiryo of Kanai-ise, Shimotsuke Province (Tochigi Prefecture).
Japanese: 1463年（寛正4年）6月2日、本尊を書写し下野金井伊勢阿日量に授与す。
English: 1467: The 10th high priest Nichijo inherited the sacred teachings of Buddha from Nichiu, but Nichiu had to reassume the post of the head priest in 1472 due to the death of both Nichijo and the 11th high priest Nittei.
Japanese: 1467年（応仁1年）、10世日乗に法を相承したものの、10世日乗、11世日底の遷化により1472年（文明_(日本)4年）、再登座。
English: January 5, 1474: Nichiu made a replica of honzon and gave it to Rokurozaemon OMURA of Shimoyama, Kai Province (Yamanashi Prefecture).
Japanese: 1474年（文明6年）1月5日、本尊を書写し甲斐下山大村六郎左衛門に授与す。
English: July 16, 1475: Nichiu made a replica of honzon and gave it to Hachiro-zaburo ONOZATO.
Japanese: 1475年（文明7年）7月16日、本尊を書写し小野里八郎三郎に授与す。
English: Nichiu's disciples have recorded his oral teachings in a number of writings, such as "Nichiu-shi Kegisho" (the way of teaching as preached by the Rev. Nichiu), "On-monogatari Chomon-sho" (the written record of oral teachings), "Renyobo Kikigaki" (the written record of oral teachings produced by Renyobo) and "Shimotsuke Ajari Kikigaki" (the written record of oral teachings produced by a senior priest of Shimotsuke Province), to systematize 'kegi' (the way of teaching and inspiring people) of Fujimonryu (a generic name covering a number of the Nichiren sects of Buddhism).
Japanese: 富士門流の化儀方式を体系づけて、「日有師化儀抄」、「御物語聴聞抄」、「連陽房聞書」、「下野阿闍梨聞書」などとして弟子たちが筆録している。
English: "Nichiu-shi Kegisho" in particular, coupled with "Nikko's Yuikai Okibumi" (Nikko's last admonitions), has formed the basis of sanpo-sanki (unwritten rules concerning the faith) of Taiseki-ji Temple.
Japanese: 特に「日有師化儀抄」は「日興遺誡置文」とともに、大石寺の山法山規の基をなしている。
English: It is said that he had to wear geta (wooden clogs) with one support as the trails in Mt. Osugi in those days were full of rocks and normal geta with two supports would not work due to rocks and pebbles being caught between the supports.
Japanese: 当時の大杉山は岩がゴロゴロとしており、通常の下駄では石や岩が挟まってしまうため、一本歯の下駄を履かれたという。
English: A samue is a garment that a zen (Buddhist) monk wears when he performs samu, or duties such as daily sutra chanting, and the cleaning of the precincts of the temple.
Japanese: 作務衣（さむえ）は、禅宗の僧侶が務め、日々の読経や境内の清掃など、（作務）を行うときに着る衣の事である。
English: Samue' originally referred to clothes generally worn at the time of the samu, and there was no specific style.
Japanese: 「作務衣」は本来、作務を行う時に着るもの全般をさし、特定の形が決まっているわけではなかった。
English: The samue is worn when the monk works to maintain the temple, such as cleaning, chopping firewood, and work in the fields.
Japanese: 僧侶が掃除や薪割り、畑仕事など寺院を維持するための労働を行う時に着用する。
English: Although it is not clearly known when the current style of samue appeared, it is certainly not older than Meiji period, and one estimate suggests that it was first used at Eihei-ji Temple between 1965 and 1974.
Japanese: 現在のような形の作務衣があらわれた時期ははっきりしないが古くとも明治以前にさかのぼるものではなく、一説には昭和40年代に永平寺で用いられたものが最初であるとされる。
English: The original form it took was one of overalls and work pants worn over a kimono, and the samue at the time actually had wider sleeves to fit the kimono sleeves in them.
Japanese: 原形は着物の上に着た上っ張りともんぺで、実際に当初のものは着物の袖を納めるために現在よりも上衣の袖が太かった。
English: There is also a 'nagasamue' with a longer upper section, which is worn by monks of the Soto sect when leaving the temple grounds.
Japanese: 「長作務衣」と呼ばれる上衣の裾が長いものもあり、曹洞宗の僧侶が外出時などに着用する。
English: Most samue are tied with a rubber cord or the like at the wrists and ankles so that dust will not enter.
Japanese: 袖口と足首の部分は埃やゴミが入らないよう、ゴム紐などで絞ってあるものが多い。
English: In general, ascetic monks called daishu wear black samue, and monks of senior ranks such as chief priests wear indigo or brown except for black within the so-do halls.
Japanese: 僧堂において大衆と呼ばれる修行僧は黒色、住職など一定以上の資格をみとめられた僧侶は藍や茶など黒以外の色を着用する場合が多い。
English: Monks of the Nichiren Sho sect also own 'jimukoromo' similar to samue.
Japanese: 日蓮正宗の僧侶は似たようなもので「事務衣」（じむころも）も所持している。
English: It has a cord to let through the kesa (Buddhist stole), and a kogesa (literally small kesa) is worn over the jimukoromo at training meetings and conferences.
Japanese: 袈裟を通す紐が付けられており、指導会や会議等では事務衣に小袈裟を着用する。
English: Because they are loose-fitting and easy-to-wear, samue are not necessarily unique to monks but often treated as a kind of relaxing room-wear along with jinbei (informal summer clothes for men), and they are warmly regarded by many.
Japanese: 身体を締め付けず着用しやすいため、現在では僧侶固有のものとしてではなく甚平と共に単なる部屋着の一種として扱われることも多く、熱心な愛好者もいる。
English: For general use, there are samue considerably different to those of monks which come with a chanchanko (padded sleeveless kimono jacket), worn on top of the upper section, and made of sashiko (an old needlework technology) or quilt.
Japanese: 一般用には上衣の上に羽織るちゃんちゃんこが付属したり、素材も刺子やキルトなど、僧侶用とは大きく異なる製品もある。
English: Some mass retailers have been known to erroneously sell jinbei as samue.
Japanese: 量販店などでは甚平を作務衣と誤表記して販売しているところもみられる。
English: It is a shosoku (letter) from Honen to Kuroda no shonin, which is included in "Kurodani Shonin Gotoroku" and "Saiho shinan sho."
Japanese: 法然が黒田の聖人に宛てた消息（手紙）であり、『黒谷上人語灯録』『西方指南抄』などに収録されている。
English: It is not known who Kuroda no shonin was, but there are theories that he was Chogen or his disciple Gyoken.
Japanese: 黒田の聖人が誰であるかは未詳であり、重源とする説や、その門弟の行賢とする説がある。
English: Let's see if I am entitled to salvation by Amida Buddha, and do not doubt even if you have sinned because one is saved even by a single invocation or merely ten invocations of Buddha's name.
Japanese: 末代の衆生を、往生極楽の機にあてて見るに、行すくなしとても疑（うたご）うべからず、一念十念に足りぬべし。
English: Even sinners should not doubt because Amida Buddha does not abandon them.
Japanese: 罪人なりとても疑（うたご）うべからず罪根ふかきをもきらわじと宣（のたま）えり。
English: Why should I not receive salvation by Amida Buddha after death just because I cannot see a saint?
Japanese: 時くだれりとても疑（うたご）うべからず法滅以後の衆生、なおもて往生すべし況（いわん）や近来をや。
English: Do not doubt even if you have sinned, as the saint said "be proud to say you are a being with earthly desires."
Japanese: 我身わろしとても疑（うたご）うべからず、自身はこれ煩悩具足せる凡夫なりと宣（のたま）えり。
English: Although there are many pure lands, I wish for the western pure land because it saves me who is full of sins.
Japanese: 十方に浄土おおけれど西方を願（ねご）うは十悪五逆の衆生の生るる故なり。
English: I worship Amida Buddha above many other saviors because he appears even in front of me.
Japanese: 諸仏の中に弥陀に帰したてまつるは三念五念に至るまで、みずから来迎し給（たも）う故なり。
English: As I wish to receive the salvation based on Buddha's purpose, why should my wish not come true?
Japanese: いま弥陀の本願に乗じて往生しなんに、願として成ぜずと云う事あるべからず。
English: Happening to be a person, finding the purpose hard to be found, facing Buddha's precious teaching, leaving the reincarnation hard to leave, and residing in the pure land hard to reach, are the supreme bliss.
Japanese: うけがたき人身（にんじん）をうけて、あいがたき本願にあいて、おこしがたき道心（どうしん）を発（おこ）して、はなれがたき輪廻の里をはなれて、生まれがたき浄土に往生せん事、悦びの中の悦びなり。
English: Since Amida Buddha saves a sinner like me, I swear I will never commit any small sin.
Japanese: 罪は十悪五逆の者も生（うま）ると信じて、少罪（しょうざい）をも犯（おか）さじと思うべし。
English: Keep chanting in the faith that even a single invocation saves you.
Japanese: 行は一念十念なおむなしからずと信じて、無間（むけん）に修（しゅ）すべし。
English: Amida Buddha has achieved his purpose and resides in the pure land.
Japanese: 阿弥陀如来は、不取正覚の言（ことば）を成就して、現に彼の国にまします。
English: Shakamuni should be happy to know of my receiving salvation from Amida Buddha, and should be encouraging me to learn more about salvation.
Japanese: 釈迦如来は善哉（よきかな）、我が教えに随（したが）いて生死（しょうじ）を離ると知見したまい。
English: The saints should be happy to see my belief and should be happy that I shall be reborn in the pure land.
Japanese: 六方の諸仏は、悦ばしき哉、我が証誠（しょうじょう）を信じて、不退の浄土に生ると悦び給（たも）うらんと。
English: Thank Heaven and Earth for leading me to be saved by Amida Buddha.
Japanese: 天に仰ぎ、地に臥（ふ）して悦ぶべし、このたび阿弥陀如来の本願にあう事を。
English: Chant "Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu," and breathe here.
Japanese: 南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏（なむあみだぶと称える）ここで息継ぎ
English: Chant "Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu, Namuamidabu," and again breathe here.
Japanese: 南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏　南無阿弥陀仏（なむあみだぶと称える）ここで息継ぎ
English: Finally, chant "Namuamidabutsu, Na-muamidabu."
Japanese: 南無阿弥陀仏（なむあみだぶつ）　南無阿弥陀仏（なーむあみだぶと称える）
English: Chant "Namuamidabu" eight times, and then breathe.
Japanese: 南無阿弥陀仏・・・・・・　六念　・・・・・・南無阿弥陀仏（なむあみだぶと称える）ここで息継ぎ
English: Sanborai is a gemon taken from Zunshi Jodosangangi.
Japanese: 三宝礼（さんぼうらい）とは遵式浄土懺願儀から採った偈文（げもん）である。
English: 一心敬礼十方法界常住仏 (Isshin kyorai jippo hokai jojubu)
Japanese: 一心敬礼十方法界常住仏（いっしんきょうらいじっぽうほうかいじょうじゅうぶー）
English: 一心敬礼十方法界常住法 (Isshin kyorai jippo hokai jojuho)
Japanese: 一心敬礼十方法界常住法（いっしんきょうらいじっぽうほうかいじょうじゅうほう）
English: 一心敬礼十方法界常住僧 (Isshin kyorai jippo hokai jojuso)
Japanese: 一心敬礼十方法界常住僧（いっしんきょうらいじっぽうほうかいじょうじゅうそう）
English: Shibujo is a gemon taken from Hoshozenshi Goehojisan.
Japanese: 四奉請（しぶじょう）とは法照禅師五会法事讃から採った偈文（げもん）である。
English: 奉請十方如来 (Bujojipponyorai) 入道場 (Nyudojo) 散華楽 (Sangeraku)
Japanese: 奉請十方如来（ぶじょうじっぽうにょらい）入道場（にゅうどうじょう）散華楽（さんげらく）
English: 奉請釈迦如来 (Bujoshakanyorai) 入道場 (Nyudojo) 散華楽 (Sangeraku)
Japanese: 奉請釈迦如来（ぶじょうしゃかにょらい）入道場（にゅうどうじょう）散華楽（さんげらく）
English: 奉請弥陀如来 (Bujomidanyorai) 入道場 (Nyudojo) 散華楽 (Sangeraku)
Japanese: 奉請弥陀如来（ぶじょうみだにょらい）入道場（にゅうどうじょう）散華楽（さんげらく）
English: 奉請観音勢至諸大菩薩 (Bujokannonseishishodaibosatsu) 入道場 (Nyudojo) 散華楽 (Sangeraku)
Japanese: 奉請観音勢至諸大菩薩（ぶじょうかんのんせいししょだいぼさつ）入道場（にゅうどうじょう）散華楽（さんげらく）
English: Adored saints from everywhere, please enter the dojo, where I will scatter flowers to receive you.
Japanese: 請（しょう）し奉（たてま）る十方如来、道場（どうじょう）に入（い）りたまえ散華楽（さんげらく）
English: Sangege is a gemon taken from Shijukegon Fugengyoganbon.
Japanese: 懺悔偈（さんげげ）とは四十華厳普賢行願品から採った偈文（げもん）である。
English: As well as Kaikyoge, Sankiemon, Seigan (Shiguseigan), and other gemon, Sangege is widely used for daily sutra chanting by lay believers of various sects of Buddhism in Japan, and is often read in the kanbun (Chinese classics) style.
Japanese: 日本の仏教諸派に於いて、開経偈・三帰依文・誓願（四弘誓願）などと並び、在家檀信徒の日常の読経に広く用いられており、漢文書き下しを読むことも多い。
English: Nenbutsuichie means repeating a Buddhist invocation, i.e. Namu Amidabutsu (a single, sincere call upon the name of Amida).
Japanese: 念仏一会（ねんぶついちえ）とは念仏→南無阿弥陀仏を繰り返す事である。
English: NaOmuaOmidaObu (which may be repeated any number of times, even a million times)
Japanese: 南○無阿○弥陀○仏（ここは何回でも良い）百万遍念仏（百万回）でもよい
English: Jikkai means all the states of a human spirit categorized into 10 types according to the creed of the Tendai sect, including Rokudo (six posthumous worlds) as well as the four of states of Shomon, Enkaku, Bosatsu and Buddhahood.
Japanese: 十界（じっかい）とは、天台宗の教義において、人間の心の全ての境地を十種に分類したもので、六道に声聞・縁覚・菩薩・仏の四を付加したものである。
English: There are the worlds of hell, hungry spirits, animals, Asura, humans and heaven, as well as the worlds of voice-hearers, cause-awakened ones, Bosatsu and the spiritual realm of Buddhahood, all of which are collectively called Jikkai.
Japanese: 地獄(仏教)界・餓鬼界・畜生界・阿修羅界・人界・天界・声聞界・縁覚界・菩薩界・仏界に分類され、これらの総称が十界である。
English: It refers to a state in which one acts based on desires such as appetite, a desire for sleep, sexuality, cupidity, the lust to dominate and so forth.
Japanese: 食欲、睡眠欲・性欲・物欲・支配欲など、欲望のままに行動する状態を指す。
English: Furthermore, three of the cursed parts of human existence, including the worlds of hell, hungry spirits and animals, are sometimes categorized as San-akushu (three evil worlds of hell) (also referred to as San-akudo).
Japanese: また、人間の忌むべき部分、地獄界・餓鬼界・畜生界の三種をもって三悪趣（三悪道とも）と括られる場合がある。
English: It encompasses the state of 'learning' not only Buddhism but also philosophy, literature, physics, and even mass entertainment and children's nonsense.
Japanese: 仏法に限らず、哲学・文学・物理学、さらには大衆娯楽や子供の戯言に至るまで「学ぶ」状態を指す。
English: Return to the Pure Land according to the relationship with and belief in the adored Buddha.
Japanese: 請（しょう）じたてまつる仏縁（ほとけえん）にしたがって本国に還りたまえ
English: You teach us to be reborn in the Pure Land.
Japanese: 同生（どうしょう）相勧（あいすすむ）須（すべからく）尽（ことごとく）来たるべし
English: Honzeige is chanted for Amida Buddha alone, and this gemon is based on "Kanmuryojukyosho" Gengibun.
Japanese: 本誓偈（ほんぜいげ）とは、阿弥陀如来一仏に対して称えるものであり、この偈文は『観無量寿経疏』玄義分に依る。
English: Fukujoju Nyorai (Amoghasiddh) is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas worshipped in Buddhism.
Japanese: 不空成就如来（ふくうじょうじゅにょらい）、サンスクリットアモーガシッデイ(amoghasiddhi)は、仏教における信仰対象である如来の一尊。
English: Fukujoju Nyorai is one of the Kongokai-gobutsu (Five Buddhas of the Diamond World) in Esoteric Buddhism, and is located in the north of Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana) in the Diamond World Mandala (at the right side of Dainichi Nyorai).
Japanese: 密教における金剛界五仏の一尊で、金剛界曼荼羅では大日如来の北方（画面では大日如来の向かって右方）に位置する。
English: This is an embodiment of Josho Sacchi (the wisdom of accomplishing that which is to be done) among the states of enlightenment associated with the idea of Yuishiki (consciousness only, the basic doctrine of the Japanese Hosso school).
Japanese: 仏の悟りの境地のうち、唯識思想で言う「成所作智（じょうしょさち）を具現化したものである。
English: Amogha' in the original language means 'no vain,' which indicates that this Nyorai achieves every little thing.
Japanese: 原語の「アモーガ」は「空（むな）しからず」という意味で、この如来が何事も漏らさず成し遂げることを示す。
English: Its mudra includes a left hand grasping the gown in front of the belly and a right hand raised to the level of the chest with its palm facing forward to form Semui-in (the mudra for bestowing fearlessness).
Japanese: 印相は、左手は腹前で衣を掴み、右手は胸の高さに上げて手のひらを前に向けた施無畏印（せむいいん）を結ぶ。
English: Fukujoju Nyorai is believed to be the same as Tenkuraion Nyorai (or Divyadundubhimeganirghosa, literally, Buddha of Thunderous Sound of the Heavenly Drum) in the north of Taizokai (Womb Realm).
Japanese: 胎蔵界の北方、天鼓雷音如来（てんくらいおんにょらい）と同体であると考えられている。
English: Most statues of Fukujoju Nyorai in Japan were made as one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas; there is almost no statue of or belief in Fukujoju Nyorai alone.
Japanese: 日本における不空成就如来の彫像は、五仏（五智如来）の一として造像されたものが大部分であり、不空成就如来単独の造像や信仰はほとんどないと言って大過ない。
English: The lotus leaf refers to the leaf of the hydrophyte called lotus, which floats on the water's surface, and is also called Kayo due to the introduction of Chinese herbal drugs.
Japanese: 蓮の葉（はすのは）とは蓮という水生植物の水面に浮いている葉のことをさし漢方薬の伝来により荷葉（かよう）ともいう。
English: In the Hinduism, Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism, 'lotus' itself has a special meaning, and it's highly valued along with the lotus flower and lotus seed.
Japanese: ヒンドゥー教、仏教、密教においては「蓮」そのものが特別な意味を持ち蓮の花、蓮の実と共に珍重される。
English: In Japan, the lotus leaf also has a meaning that is different from the above religious one, and this different meaning is explained later.
Japanese: また日本においては上記の宗教とは違う別の意味も存在するが、下記にて後述する。
English: The term "trade in lotus leaves" refers to persons who have dealt with ginkgo nuts, akebi or nuts of any beech tree of the genus Castanopsis growing naturally at different times, or with seasonal goods necessary for annual events including the five seasonal festivals and 24 divisions of the old calendar, before the days of such events at morning markets and fairs in various regions of Japan, from the old times (in the later years of the modern period, vegetable shops, flower shops and gaisho (stallholders) sold seasonal goods).
Japanese: 蓮の葉商い（蓮の葉商ひ、蓮葉商い）とは、古くから日本各地の朝市や縁日などで、その時々に自生する銀杏、アケビ、椎（しい）などの木の実や五節句、二十四節気の年中行事に必要な季節物をその期日の前に商いしていた者をさす（近年、近代から八百屋や花屋や街商も季節物を売っていた）。
English: Because lotus seeds and lotus leaves used in the Urabon Festival (a festival of the dead held on Buddhist All Souls' Day, which is usually around the 15th of July or August, depending on the local custom) were accorded particularly high value, and most goods that were put on trays using lotus leaves or leaves of fuki (Japanese butterbur) were sold, persons dealing with seasonal goods were described as being in the 'trade of lotus leaves.'
Japanese: その中で盂蘭盆(うらぼん)に使う蓮の実や蓮の葉が特に珍重された事や、商品の多くを蓮の葉や蕗（ふき）の葉の皿の上に置いて売っていたという事などから、季節物を扱う商人を「蓮の葉商い」（はすのはあきない）と呼ぶようになった。
English: However, seasonal goods were treated as goods whose quality was neither important nor considered, even if it was slightly bad, because they were used for a short time as so-called consumed goods.
Japanese: しかし季節物という短期使用のいわゆる、消え物であることから多少品質が悪くとも問題にならない、しない物という捉えかたがされた。
English: Therefore, the meaning of persons dealing with seasonal articles or mocks was added, and the term "lotus leaf" also came to be used in reference to seasonal articles or mocks.
Japanese: そのため、きわもの売りやまがい物を売る者という意味を持つようになり、蓮の葉の言葉の意味が際物（きわもの）やまがい物を指すようになった。
English: Sardines, holly and soybeans 'which are used as a barrier to prevent Oni (an ogre) from coming in and as a tool to throw it out'
Japanese: ---鰯やヒイラギ、大豆「鬼が入らないための結界と追い出すための道具」
English: Hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) (written as 鬼灯 or 酸漿 in Chinese characters), makomouma (a horse decoration made of Manchurian wild rice or straw), and adzuki beans or black-eyed peas; black-eyed peas were used for red rice in place of adzuki beans in the Kanto region because the popping of peas conjured up the image of Seppuku (suicide by disembowelment), a much-hated image.
Japanese: ---鬼灯・酸漿(ほおずき)、真菰馬（まこもうま）、小豆、大角豆（ささげ）関東地方では豆がはぜるのが切腹と通じるのを嫌い小豆の代わりにこれで赤飯を作った。
English: Root crops such as Japanese radish, burdock and so on, and fish (Ebisu is also the God of fishery in Japan); this is a 'festival for a huge harvest (of cereals) and praying for a good catch.'
Japanese: ---　大根、牛蒡（ごぼう）などの根菜や魚（恵比寿は日本では漁業の神でもある）「五穀豊穣と大漁祈願の祭事」
English: In countries of Southeast Asia, where Theravada Buddhism is popular, lotus is highly valued from the religious aspect, and lotus-related trades exist.
Japanese: 上座部仏教が盛んな東南アジア諸国では蓮は宗教的意味合いから珍重され、蓮に関連する商いがある。
English: In Vietnam and elsewhere, traders row small boats in lotus ponds and collect morning dew from the lotus leaves in order to sell it.
Japanese: ベトナムなどでは、蓮池に小舟で漕ぎ出でて、蓮の葉の朝露を集めて売っている。
English: Additionally, there is lotus flower tea, which is made through a process similar to that of collecting the morning dew from lotus leaves, and traders sell top-level tea requiring much time and many processes of placing high-class tea leaves into lotus flower buds, picking up each flower bud after adding the fragrance of lotus flower to the tea leaves, and collecting tea leaves in small boats.
Japanese: また、蓮の葉の朝露と同じようにして作られる蓮の花茶というお茶があり、蓮の花の蕾（つぼみ）の中に高級茶葉をいれ蓮の花の香り付けした後にまた一ずつその蕾を摘んで茶葉を小舟で回収するといった、手間隙がかかる最高級のお茶が売られている。
English: A wanton girl (Hasunoha Onna in Japanese) was called Hasuhame, Hasuba or Hasuwa in ancient times.
Japanese: 蓮の葉女（はすのはおんな）とは、古くは蓮葉女（はすはめ）、蓮葉（はすば、はすわ）という。
English: Although the term "Hasunoha Onna" is not used today, the terms "Hasuppa Onna" and "Hasuppa" are.
Japanese: また現在ではあまり使われなくなっているが蓮っ葉女（はすっぱおんな）、蓮っ葉（はすっぱ）と表現される。
English: The term was a reference to women who conducted lightheaded behavior such as being spirited, impudent, coquettish or too friendly in their words and deeds, who had flirtatious tendencies or who floated from place to place like rootless wanderers.
Japanese: 意味としてはお転婆、生意気、媚を売る、馴れ馴れしいなど軽はずみな言動をする女性や浮気性や根無し草のように住処を転々とする女性をさす。