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darkness

3

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

hokora; small wayside shrine

4

kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

1

gold and silver; money

1

gold tooling; gilt tooling

2

East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

2

gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

1

mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

5

Buddhist mortuary tablet

3

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

armful; bundle

1

wooden box; wooden crate

1

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

1

building with a gabled, hipped roof

1

miniature

1

edifice; temple; hall

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

decorative

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

2

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

1

pigment; paint; colour; color

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

Buddhism

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

1

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

3

double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

handle; grip; knob

1

metal fittings; metal fixtures

1

gilt bronze; gilt copper

2

fretwork

1

thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth

2

inside; interior; inner part

1

embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

ornament; decoration

1

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1