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baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

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calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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four (long cylindrical things)

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cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

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dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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side of the road; roadside

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roadside; wayside

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to squat; to crouch

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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ladle; dipper; scoop

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bleached cotton cloth

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

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I can't die and leave things this way

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

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attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

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orange (color, colour)

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lamp; light

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nine; 9

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burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

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to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

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to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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dark night

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secret messenger

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fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

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edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

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blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

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to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

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to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

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gently; quietly; calmly

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navy blue; deep blue

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dyeing; printing

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gratitude; thanks

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beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

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crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

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fin (e.g. of a fish)

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

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acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

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LOL; haha

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obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

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rare

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to be; to come; to go

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