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waiting room

12

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

3

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

11

woman; lady; adult female

4

to be conspicuous; to stand out

4

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

3

(projection) screen

2

island wind

1

vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)

1

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

1

to throw into; to dump in together

1

car; vehicle

1

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

4

sedge-woven (bamboo) hat

3

pilgrimage; pilgrim

8

88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

1

sacred ground

1

not knowing one's bearings; being disorientated; itinerant monk; pilgrim

1

Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

1

well

2

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

amen; hail

1

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

1

Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)

1

the late; the deceased

4

the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

2

Kawamura

1

Sakuji

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); all directions; everywhere

2

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

4

dyeing; printing

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

2

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

priest; monk; bonze

4

colour printing; color printing

1

Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim

1

map

1

sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses

1

unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of

2

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

relation; connection

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

3