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Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

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religious abstinence; purification

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clearing of the river water

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caustic

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saint

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dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

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to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

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windpipe

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to cut; to slit; to slash

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under the influence of alcohol

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scorn; disdain; contempt

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collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice

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Genkyū era (1204.2.20-1206.4.27)

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reference; allusion

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scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

4

death; the next world; to pass away; to die

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sincere; faithful; honest

1

travel clothes

3

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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Ikuno

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ancient sage

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a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)

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pitch-darkness

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

4

east wind; spring wind

1

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

2

to approach

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to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up

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boldness; fearlessness

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to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

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(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

5

straw rope

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

3

reward; prize

3

lifeblood

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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Tamei

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cold-water ablutions

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underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

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(lamp) wick

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head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long

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cavern; grotto

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one house; one roof

1

to gush forth

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agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

2

exact; precise

1

May

3

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

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