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caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

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votive picture (originally of horse)

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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front shrine; hall of worship

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beginner

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

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clean; pure; chaste

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

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to support each other; to support one another

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husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

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unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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to glare at; to scowl at

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rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent

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good-looking; fair; beautiful

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feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

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to revere; to respect; to worship

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

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reason; cause; history; origin

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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interest (in something); enthusiasm

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Chichibu

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near; nearby; not far off

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to burn

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lingering scent

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miscalculation

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to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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to find out; to discover; to detect

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to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

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to drink in one gulp

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one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

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shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

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to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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pessimistic; gloomy

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to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

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prayer; supplication

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to return a favor (favour); to repay

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by all means; by all costs

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leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

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to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

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sobering up; method of sobering up

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water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

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shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

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to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

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