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window (e.g. in an envelope, box, etc.); aperture

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Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

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

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to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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company funeral

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all-night vigil over a body; wake

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mourning

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thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.; gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "hometown tax" program

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all; everyone; everybody

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going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

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quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

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celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity

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sad occasion (esp. a funeral)

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to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

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formal

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gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; (lit.) incense money

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to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

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brothers and sisters; siblings

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exclusive; attached to; specialist

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)

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Buddhist ritual

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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temple (Buddhist)

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Buddhist mortuary tablet

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gravesite; tomb

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stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

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to hand over; to surrender

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sutra chanting

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)

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another thing; exception; special case

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kindness; courtesy

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male lay devotee; believer; (arch.) believer

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female lay devotee; believer

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grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar

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Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

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former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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best

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throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)

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general; shogun

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counter for temples

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(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

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

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

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