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work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)

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Souzui

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service for the benefit of suffering spirits

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Abeshikibu

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ahead; before; the future

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recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

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engagement; betrothal; marriage contract

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arson; incendiarism

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Naomori

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unparalleled in Japan and China and India

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Nizaemon

2

swap; exchange

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hungry ghost (preta) realm

1

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

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means; method

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deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

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to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat

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Samanosuke

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religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)

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eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

1

to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

1

layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage

1

hereafter

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to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

1

one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter

2

clouds and fog

2

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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childhood name

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to become (formal)

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Zen (Buddhism)

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lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

return to secular life; secularization; secularisation

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

1

practice writing with a brush; study; learning

1

all living things; mankind; the people; the world

1

the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation

1

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

secret messenger

1

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

2

Shuzen

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

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knowing

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sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion

1

command; order

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blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

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female delinquent

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to be the first

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