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Toukou

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Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil

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Ozu Yasujirō (1903.12.12-1963.12.12)

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svāhā; well said; so be it

1

Takahiko

13

the empty nature of all things

1

travel agent; travel agency

1

hardship and misfortune

1

new model

1

Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)

1

Akimi

1

Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims)

1

science and technology

1

gloomy; obscure

1

Hitmaker (Sega studio)

1

sticker for new car drivers

1

the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates

1

corporate headquarters; (company) group

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Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

2

heavy drinker; tippler

1

baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)

2

all existing things (formed and formless)

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("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

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tour guide

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prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom)

3

divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)

2

type of flat knot used in nets

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you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

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to spread salt (to spiritually purify)

2

Heart Sutra

1

maha (great)

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rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing

1

sales battle; business competition

1

poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)

1

visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

1

arson; setting fire

1

pilgrim's staff

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electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker

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to feel depressed; to be down

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pilgrimage; pilgrim

15

smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it

1

ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

1

strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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Koubou Daishi

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hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

1

desert

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fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras

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Heart Sutra

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steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

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the whole world; the universe

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