薩 - salvation, Buddha

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)

Buddha-like compassion

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizo

Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin

svāhā; well said; so be it

Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

Satsuma porcelain

Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute