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Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

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cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock

3

going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth); narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

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immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

3

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

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state-sponsored; national

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

4

learning; studying the fine arts

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fasting; fast

2

taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet; dietetics; macrobiotics; macrobiotic diet

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trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

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Creator (of all things); Maker; God

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cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

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easy; simple; plain

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Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)

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ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven

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foreign language

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melody; tune

1

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

3

voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

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to blow out (a flame)

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(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)

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karuna (compassion)

3

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

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Finland

3

native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality

3

ceremony; celebration; law code; Sweden

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Kalevala

3

folk song; popular song

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

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Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people

1

acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation

1

chestnut (horse coat color)

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simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled

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single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind

2

and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

2

land; shore

2

marshes and lakes

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snow field

1

valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

1

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

myth; mythology

2

to be pleased with; to suit

1

short; brief

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

3

people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

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all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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