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the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

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Buddhism

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

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to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

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service for the benefit of suffering spirits

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to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed

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to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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himself; yourself; herself

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distinction; differentiation; classification

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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annual function; annual event

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ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

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welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)

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bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.; ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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Hinduism

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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priest; monk; bonze

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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Buddhist (household) altar

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a Buddha; deceased person

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peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

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to die; to go to heaven

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to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

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ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal

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being lost for words

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I pray; I wish

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afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

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happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

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