垂迹

すいじゃく すいしゃく

temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people)

迹門

しゃくもん

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

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)

事

ごと じ こと こん

thing, matter

刑事事件

けいじじけん

criminal case

民事事件

みんじじけん

civil case

小事は大事

しょうじはだいじ

A small leak can sink a great ship

一事が万事

いちじがばんじ

a single instance indicates what happens all the time, one case gives you an idea of what always happens

我事

わがごと

wife; bride

杯事

さかずきごと

pledge made over winecups, exchange of nuptial cups

弔事

ちょうじ

mourning

実事

じつごと じつじ

fact, (a) truth

文事

ぶんじ

literary matters

芸事

げいごと

traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.), accomplishments

民事

みんじ

civil affairs, civil case

房事

ぼうじ

sex, sexual intercourse, lovemaking

雑事

ざつじ

miscellaneous matters

人事

じんじ ひとごと たにんごと

other people's affairs, somebody else's problem

事後

じご

after-, post-, ex-, after the fact, ex post