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appointment

3

entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

11

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

70

outside of one's area of expertise

3

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

3

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

24

holy war; crusade

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

12

sum total; total amount

3

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

1

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

2

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

1

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

4

abrupt; sudden

7

propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

3

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

4

adultery; fornication; illicit intercourse

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

6

false evidence; perjury; false testimony

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

to sell off; to sell completely

2

to become poor; to be poor

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

29

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

2

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

1

camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown

1

eye of a needle

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

3

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

3

Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

1

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

4

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

5

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

1

sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender

19

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

4

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

13

copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving

1

extreme; radical

7

radical party; extremists

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

11

to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other

2