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Sukhavati sutra

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smoothly; easily; readily

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sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible

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wood-block printing; wood engraving

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printing

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to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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sad; wretched; deplorable

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section of village

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned

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becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

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prayer; wish; vow

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all living things; mankind; the people; the world

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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main street; avenue

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

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will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes

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beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill

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supreme; greatest; highest; best

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painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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multitudinousness

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kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones

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difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

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encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

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beginning; start; outset

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to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

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Japanese text; sentence in Japanese

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Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

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in order; in turn; one by one

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vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis

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the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

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while; during (the time when)

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assembling (of people)

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burning (offer) incense

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

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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reciting

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sutra chanting

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example; role model

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to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

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unexpected; surprising

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