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to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down

10

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

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original intention

1

accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

squandering; dissipation

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

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priest; monk; bonze

31

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

2

Shinto funeral

9

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

8

command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

4

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

13

to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

3

from now on; hereafter

5

application; petition

1

just as one wishes

1

funeral service

4

revision

7

ceremony; celebration; law code

6

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

7

head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

3

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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ancestors

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Buddhist mortuary tablet

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dust; dirt; dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life

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dust

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

4

to show in; to usher in

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cemetery; graveyard

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

7

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

11

contribution; donation

4

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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discreet; modest; cautious

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

8

negligent; careless; (arch.) easygoing; (arch.) relaxed

3

after death

1

leaving (it) to others

1

to overdo; to do too much

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage

2

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

2

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

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