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Asvaghosa (approx. 80-150 CE)

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

electronic cigarette; e-cigarette

1

49th day after death

11

Naga

2

Naka

3

Hikarigaoka

1

well-pickled vegetables

1

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

1

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

1

automatic ticket machine

1

Poir

1

straight; direct

1

articles disposed of or sold off by the government

1

big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing

1

to shave off (hair)

1

dropkick; flying kick

1

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

1

styrene; Styrol

1

artificial fingernail; fake fingernail

1

exercise machine; strength training machine; gym equipment (machine)

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

1

Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

1

Susuki

3

Decker; Dekker; Docker

24

pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent

1

Suzuki

7

things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that

1

scenic and historic places

2

queen size; large size

1

a copy; tracing

1

owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid

1

single room

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

lucky number

1

each house; every house; many houses

1

button mashing (e.g. in video games); repeated button-pushing

1

wealthy person; millionaire

1

synthetic leather

1

entrance fee

2

stealth marketing

1

dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity

1

good catch; good haul

1

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog

1

chemical smell

1

to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by

1

to come to a mutual understanding; to cancel mutually (contract, etc.)

1

litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee

1

trash; garbage; junk

1