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imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy

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large triple gate to temple

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Buddhist temple

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lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)

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small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple

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structure; building

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Ōnin War (1467-1477)

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

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preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

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rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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

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historic; historical; traditional

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

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to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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as far as the eye can see

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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vermilion; scarlet

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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main temple gate; temple

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painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

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multistoried; multilayered

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur

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splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

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ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

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counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

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double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

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gabled, hipped roof

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bookbinding; bookmaking

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tile-roofing

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both wings; both flanks

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small buildings at the sides of a Zen temple gate (containing stairs to the upper storey)

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lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

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Taiei era (1521.8.23-1528.8.20)

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six; 6

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renga poet

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with (someone's) help

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building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection

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incomplete; unfinished

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Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

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17; seventeen

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upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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