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peaks

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France; French (language)

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Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

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upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)

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tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

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rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

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period; Nihon-shoki

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high Buddhist priest

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Japan

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fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

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bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

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the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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this mountain; this temple

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whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

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to give; to do ...

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curved; forming the shape of an arch

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mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō

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to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

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miracle; wonder; marvel

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

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silently; in silence

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dusk; twilight

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

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enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)

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bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness

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stock-still; motionless; frozen in place

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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excellent luck

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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conceptual

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intellectual

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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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)

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conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

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

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poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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beautiful; good; excellent

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recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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other matters; other people's affairs

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mostly involve; principally involve

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companion; company; tritagonist

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