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Togakushi Shrine

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Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); punctilious etiquette; Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery); Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)

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rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

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Inzan

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origin; fundamental element

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to vie with one's opponent

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kind; sort; type

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

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Togakushi

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Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

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to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

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horseback archery

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Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami

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beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers

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Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

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preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive

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to eat too much; to overeat

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said; matter in question

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liqueur

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sobering up; method of sobering up

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mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

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simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character

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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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sacred mountain

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enshrined deity

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Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

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welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

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Reina

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rock door (to a cave)

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closely-guarded secret; top secret

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to incorporate; to work into; to insert

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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heart failure

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appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own

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place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat

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World Heritage (site)

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priest

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

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large crowd; mass of people

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self-protection

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at; in; on

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rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating

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anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

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(the) executive; administration; leadership

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history of Japan; Japanese history

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practice; training

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because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

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