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hanging scroll

1

karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution

2

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)

2

barren woman; sterile woman

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

Chinoikejigoku

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

1

pilgrimage; pilgrim

3

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

11

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

hymns of praise in Japanese

1

modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)

1

lane; alley

1

piled up high; in a heap

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

Buddhist temple

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

1

attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

shamanism

2

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

1

sadness and gloom

3

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

14

Hayamu

1

mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

3

harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest

1

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

1

foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base

2

too much; excessively; too

1

common; usual

1

spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)

2

rural female shaman; unlearned Zen practitioner

2

medium; diviner; shaman; oracle

1

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

2

biwa (Japanese lute)

9

player (of music, instrument, etc.)

1

believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

2

Yoshitsune

6

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

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