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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

succession; inheritance

6

tradition; convention

3

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

1

goodness; good

2

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

1

Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

6

8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

1

party; set; gang; company; person

2

higher position

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

next (spoken) word

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture

1

person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman

1

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

1

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

to pray; to wish

1

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

1

limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll

1

Yoriaki

1

high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services

4

narrative-like structure; narrative style

1

idea; design; motif; conception; intention

2

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

1

to hit upon something

1

small gong (used in gagaku)

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Ranran

2

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

2

armor; armour

4

Shadou

4

history painting; painting of a historical, mythological or legendary event or figure

1

tradition; legend

2

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

5

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2

pathetic; dreadful

1

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

2

spy; emissary

1

warrior; samurai

2

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession

1

end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

1