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ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

3

crew

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head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect

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Kakukei

2

guards

1

birthmark; nevus; bruise

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

2

Australia

3

return to secular life; secularization; secularisation

6

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

5

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

4

family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)

2

recovery; restoration

2

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

1

Kenshin

1

assistance; aid; support

1

everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

1

minor feudal lord

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

high class; high grade

1

monetary power

1

fame; popularity; reputation

2

to ponder; to brood

2

solitary boat

1

biwa (Japanese lute)

2

biwa (Japanese lute)

3

lake (in place names)

2

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

2

wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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Yoshikage

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misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

3

person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone

2

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

4

opportunity; chance

2

secret message

2

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

how many people; a number of people

2

anyone; any person; whoever

2

indirection; indirectness

1

clear; distinct

6

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

in order; in turn

1

to begin talking; to open up

1

eccentric

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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