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convenient; useful; handy; helpful

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overflowing; inundation

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fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize

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taste; fancy; fashion

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creativity; ingenuity

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lawsuit; complaint

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

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the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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conjecture; guesswork; guess

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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teeth (and tusks)

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principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy

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special circumstances

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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praise; worship; adoration; glorification

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diplomatic; diplomatically

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to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

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attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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scientific method

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attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

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both; both sides; both parties

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Shinto shrine

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real existence

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to be off one's guard

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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administrative

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under one's jurisdiction

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piety; reverence

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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Konkokyo (Shinto sect founded in 1859)

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Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)

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Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)

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general public

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Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices

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to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

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area; region

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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Shin Buddhism

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Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

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Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)

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Nichiren school of Buddhism

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Buddhist

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four thousand; 4,000

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