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filial piety

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filial duties; devotion to one's parents

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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sentient beings; humaneness; compassion

1

cormorant fisherman

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage

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the Book of Filial Piety

2

idleness; inactivity

2

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

to inform; to report

2

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

1

memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

1

unification; union; oneness

1

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

3

inner world; inner sphere

1

to appear; to reveal; to show

4

meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

1

sprain

1

having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage

2

priests and laymen

2

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

2

self-discipline; self-improvement

1

hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

1

phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

2

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

8

passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)

9

fishes and birds

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universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

2

monks and nuns

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bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

8

woman

15

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

1

evil; untrue; erroneous

1

to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

obedience; filial piety

2

adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

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sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

14

personal feelings; self-interest

2

one's duty; one's part

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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(on the) verge of death

2

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

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