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Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree

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to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment

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suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

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Zen (Buddhism)

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calm abiding and clear observation (Tendai meditation); Tendai

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Lotus Sutra

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ascetic; pilgrim; devotee

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

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Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)

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Toushoudaiji

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seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image

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carving; engraving; sculpture

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Japan's best; number one in Japan

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closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

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sitting upright (properly)

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smile

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priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

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scholar monk

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entreaty; solicitation; earnest request

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propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work

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storm; windstorm; gale

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and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that

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voyage; passage; travelling

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Yangzhou (China); Yangchow

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill

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loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness

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Mohe Zhiguan (Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE)

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high mountain; alpine mountain

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pine forest

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slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

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zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

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rosary; string of prayer beads

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censer; incense burner

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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squirrel

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like this; in this way; as you see

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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flushness (esp. of wheels and fenders on an automobile); tsuraichi

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shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

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to sit; to squat; to be implicated

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)

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coarse; rough

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Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

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peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

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