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temple solicitation

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highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

2

native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings

1

explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)

13

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

2

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

2

to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)

1

to play (a stringed instrument)

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

3

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

setting to music; composition

1

generally; in general

2

of course; certainly; naturally

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

3

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

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to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

1

retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

treasure

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stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

bamboo whisk

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door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician

2

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

2

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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ladle; (hen's) egg

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

Kawasaki (city)

1

lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

1

repentance; confession; penitence

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to sell

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three people

1

extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true

1

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

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Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

1

loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

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popular; common; commonplace

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

still more; especially

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

1

lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)

3

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

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incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke

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