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coffin; casket

12

washing a corpse for burial

1

bare feet

2

zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

1

cousin (younger male)

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

costume; dress; attire

1

putrid smell of a corpse

1

to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

2

made from paper

1

hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

1

plain wood; unfinished woodwork

5

wreath; garland

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

3

-ism (religion)

1

to stop raining or snowing

1

dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)

2

condolence; condolences

3

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

3

funeral; funeral service

2

ability; capability; competence; skill

1

bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk

1

chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president

4

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

Shinto rites; Shinto style

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

6

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

door; entrance; gateway

2

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

2

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

funeral service; memorial service; farewell ceremony (e.g. for a retiree)

5

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

2

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

mail; postal matter; postal item

1

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

envelope

1

clothing decorated with one's family crest

3

to remain unextinguished; to survive

2

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

2

chanting or reading the sutras

6

founder of a religious sect

1

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

1

chief mourner

4

attendance; participation; presence

1

evergreen tree; (an) evergreen

4

appearance and disappearance

2

burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense

3

thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)

2