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Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku

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to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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to carry out a role

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consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

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truth

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guide; vanguard; leader

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foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

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sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies

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to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

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company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

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top secret

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Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary

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(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty

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scriptures; canon; teaching guide

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worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

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intimate; close

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esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

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Christianity

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Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs

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church; congregation

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profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

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Celt

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successor

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oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

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Christ

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education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination

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nature worship

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form; shape; figure; morph

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magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)

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unceasing; never-ending; endless

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outsider; layman; amateur

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rule of thumb

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smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth

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to call again; to call (someone) back

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to fear; to be afraid of

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to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

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clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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being lost for words

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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merry; joyful; gleeful

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shoplifting; shoplifter

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timewise; temporal; chronal

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primacy effect

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bonding; becoming closer; close relation; close relative; personal retainer; personal attendant

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to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

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calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

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