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Shouji

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funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn

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dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

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sugar

2

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

2

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

beginning; outset; first; onset

12

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

3

habitual; customary

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

2

government office; public office

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corridor; hallway; passageway

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spittoon; cuspidor

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night rain

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crematory; place where things are burned

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

14

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

3

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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secret; private; surreptitious

4

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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oeuvre; complete works

4

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

introspection; reflection on one's self

5

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

6

group; mass

12

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

22

fortune; luck

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

8

constructive

1

easy; simple; plain

13

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

1

next month

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Shishi Bunroku (1893.7.1-1969.12.13)

1

second anniversary of a death

1

to occur; to happen

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to do

3

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

5

short; brief

4

one's last writing; ceasing to write

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desk

6

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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