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gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by

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Tenrikyo (Shinto sect)

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home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning

1

church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle

1

laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation

3

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

3

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

localized (pain, rainfall, etc.); local

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main current

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lack of relation (to); independence (of)

1

booklet; pamphlet

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founder of a religious sect

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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for one thing ...

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depravity; corruption; degradation

2

nature; disposition

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

2

brightness; splendour; splendor

1

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

2

saint

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moonlit night

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main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)

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moonlight

3

to clear up

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Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

2

lawn; grass; turf

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

2

growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

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to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

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evening; early night hours

1

faintly; dimly; slightly; barely

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

2

to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

rust

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luckily; blessedly; fortunately

1

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

1

top part; surface

2

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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spatial; space-like

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human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

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vast; wide; boundless

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narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant

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