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Saiokiji

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detour; circumvention; turning movement

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before

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walk

1

Takahiko

6

hardship and misfortune

3

stamping or scraping one's feet

2

thick legs; fat legs; cankle; cankles

1

Akimi

3

universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)

1

thing of medium quality; Koya paper

1

Japanese language school

1

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

3

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

2

mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)

4

Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void

1

prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom)

5

to accumulate merit; to make merit

1

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

1

bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice

1

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

1

Heart Sutra

1

way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter

1

offering; presentation; donation

1

maha (great)

1

Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)

1

hymn

1

temple which issues amulets

1

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

1

Takashi

1

authoritarianism

1

cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)

1

obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

2

morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky

1

form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity

1

arson; setting fire

1

something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly

1

pilgrimage; pilgrim

17

Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

1

digitization

1

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

1

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

1

lovers' quarrel

1

heatstroke; sunstroke

1

how

1

southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

1

family which supports a temple; parishioner

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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