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Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass

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the end (of); powder

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

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to be erected; to be built

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priests' temple quarters

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deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

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monks and nuns

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temple lacking a priest

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to fall into ruin; to be desolated

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rain and wind; driving rain

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to leak; to run out

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dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple

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old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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rent; tear; split

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unworldliness; saintliness

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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nun; priestess

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girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots

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to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

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body; frame

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six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer

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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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to settle (in a place); to settle down

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owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

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wig; hairpiece

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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sutra; Buddhist scriptures

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passing (along the way)

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

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cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame

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dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk

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formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

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loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

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anyone; any person; whoever

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antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

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large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster

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well-known; famous

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highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter

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hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

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atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

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great treachery; very atrocious person

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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lust; sexual appetite

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branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)

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to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

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gambler

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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