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government service; the bureaucracy

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temple (Buddhist); central pillar of a pagoda; kshetra (realm, country); ksetra

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inlet; seashore; beach

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Shoumyou

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origin; source; virtuous ancestor

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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Myouchou

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Daitokokushi (posthumous name of Shuho Myocho 1282-1337)

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light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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to take root; to strike

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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Koga

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Michichika

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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dust; one ten-billionth

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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Myouzen

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

2

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

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shock; impact; crash

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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drying; dried

2

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

2

elderly priest

3

buying; purchasing

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a cook

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one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)

2

you; dear; honey

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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subordinate work; assistant; servant

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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seeking after truth

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lesson; precept; teachings; moral

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round of calls; tour of visitation

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dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

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

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ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

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beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

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exemplum

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Shoubou Genzou

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proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

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first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

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atomic; indivisibility

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

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