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place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

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votive picture (originally of horse)

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technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

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to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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archives (building); record office; museum

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opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)

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admission fee

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adult; grown-up

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child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person

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100 yen

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open every day of the year

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north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa

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five most important temples of a region

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between

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mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district

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religious conversion

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chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

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arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day

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in succession; one after another

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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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secret story; unknown episode

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making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

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one's home; one's house

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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a period (of time)

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child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

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left side; left-hand side

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calamity; misfortune; disaster

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

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to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

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dim; gloomy

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overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

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temple; temple buildings

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to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

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temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building

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construction; architecture (of buildings)

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Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)

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Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)

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temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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mausoleum; (temporary) resting place of a corpse

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Kanpō era (1741.2.27-1744.2.21)

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

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sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

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