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Buddha's ashes

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enshrining

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edifice; temple; hall

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Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

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secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

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Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)

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to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

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bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)

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expiation

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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afterlife

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bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

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Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

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Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

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spiritual protection of the state

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health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster

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lucky omen; happy; auspicious

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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to wash clean; to cleanse

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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word; language; speech

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temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

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emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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name; title; designation; fame; reputation

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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succession; inheritance

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with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

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eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

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Hosokawa Katsumoto

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western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

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name of a mountain

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Souzen

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado; Go-Tsuchimikado Tenno (1442-1500 CE, reigning: 1464-1500 CE)

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dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

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name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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main building in a Heian palace; (historical) main residence of an emperor

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side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)

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corridor; passage; hall

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island in a pond or river

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mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall

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