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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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children

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answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

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Ikkyuu

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to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

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Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

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Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

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Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

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head temple; this temple

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Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

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Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

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saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

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source; beginning; origin

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(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

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mausoleum; imperial court

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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national treasure

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structure; building

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cloud flying through the sky

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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three; 3

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

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to count; to enumerate

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

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appearance; outward show

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wooden sword

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)

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drum

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tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

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a period (of time)

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Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

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post; quarters; military station; police station

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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large front gate

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9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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regimental soldier

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haori (Japanese formal coat)

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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to have an interest (in)

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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Kondou

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passage; paragraph

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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