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phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

6

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

famous; fame

1

reduction of salt; sodium restriction

1

surname; family name; last name

1

Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; large passenger vehicle

2

good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)

2

post-natal; since birth

2

innateness; innate feature (or character, etc.)

2

(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part

1

(measuring) ruler

1

mysteries; excellent methods; marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra

1

to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

2

state (or period) of life

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

4

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

2

coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

2

colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial

1

manifestation

2

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

1

previous existence; future existence; transmigration

2

holding on to; sticking to

1

eccentric

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

headstall; headgear

2

(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

1

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

2

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

tumor; tumour

1

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

2

(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)

2

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

3

Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

3

earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings

1

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

1

suffering pain; experiencing hardship

2

unselfish; selfless; disinterested

1

to go around

1

conical hat with a veil

2

klesha

2

brilliant; bright

2

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

4

counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

2