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meeting place; assembly hall

3

stone-built

1

Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

19

easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

1

adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration

1

whole surface; entire

1

pure white

1

(face) powder

2

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

2

halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus

1

make-up; makeup; cosmetics

3

gold brocade

1

bib; drool bib

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

screen

1

candle

1

to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers

2

square paper lantern

2

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

3

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

1

each; every; all

4

mandala

1

seal; stamp

1

type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

3

awarding; conferment; granting; presentation

3

lottery; tombola; drawing

2

watermelon splitting (game)

1

confections; sweets; candy; cake

1

picture book

1

present; gift; to give a present or gift

1

taiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)

1

game

1

implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

1

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

1

gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)

1

second floor; upstairs

5

recreation

1

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

7

ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy

1

red iron oxide; rouge

1

flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

1

hey; say; look

1

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

3

mustard

1

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

1

to walk down the road

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1