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temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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main temple building; nave

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

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torii; Shinto shrine archway

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syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism

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France; French (language)

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incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

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(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

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to become; to amount to

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Meiji Restoration (1868)

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command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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few in number

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forced; compulsory

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Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

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defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines; defence of the constitution; religious power to dispel demons and diseases

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(Shinto) shrine

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location

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main question; real issue at hand

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Togakushi Shrine

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priest

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Shinto priest

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social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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was

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to grasp tightly

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse

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arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

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top; summit; peak

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inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

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inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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long and narrow

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(public) park

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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southwest

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mountain range; mountain belt

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light blue; pale blue

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deep breath

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scene; view; prospect; outlook

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Kantouheiya

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ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

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comfortable; pleasant

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dozens; scores of; decades

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