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Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil; tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling

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Japan and India; Japanese-Indian

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when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs

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showing no fear, even of God

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gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction

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single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern

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self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience

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Shigemitsu

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to become sick; to be struck by a disaster; to hinder; to be hindered; to run into problems; to have an accident

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to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

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god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases

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building with a gabled, hipped roof

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six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

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special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels

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Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)

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unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

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Garbhadhatu; Womb Realm; Matrix Realm

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manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)

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Yamantaka Vidya-raja; conqueror of Death

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style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

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to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule

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outward appearance (of a house); exterior; external structure (of a building; e.g. gate, fence, garage); exterior structure

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menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

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Kongoudoushi

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pure land; spiritual realm of Buddhahood

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to balance (oneself)

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rectangular bottle

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beautiful figure

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Asian development

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worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

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ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade

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Imperial heir; Crown Prince

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obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality

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unruly horse; unmanageable horse; unbroken horse

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binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

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unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)

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too many to count; too numerous to mention

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eventfulness; pressure of business

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do; terrible; dreadful; frightening

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impertinent; impudent; cheeky

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State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan

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Imperial Japanese Army

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sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)

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goblin

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geyser

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white magnolia; Magnolia denudata

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Japan, Germany and Italy

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dam; weir

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work hakama

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Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech

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