斎 - purification, Buddhist food, room

study; library; den; home office; reading room

funeral hall

dining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory

closet drama; lesedrama

Great Lent; Great Fast

good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)

Sansai school of tea ceremony

Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)

master of religious ceremonies

purification

fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)

priestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals