This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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迹、痕、址
あと
trace; tracks; mark; sign; remains; ruins; scar
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事迹

事跡、事蹟
じせき
evidence; trace; vestige
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真跡

真蹟、真迹
しんせき
true autograph
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垂迹

すいじゃく、すいしゃく
temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity)
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筆跡

筆蹟、筆迹
ひっせき、ふであと
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
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本地垂迹説

ほんじすいじゃくせつ
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
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迹門

しゃくもん
first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being