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Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple

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legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)

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priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

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also called

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chief priest of temple

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Houtokuji

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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aforementioned; above-mentioned

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to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

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self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

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occupation; calling; livelihood

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

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reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

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refutation; rebuttal; retort

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

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ignorant of the ways of the world

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son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)

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deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

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to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

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snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

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distress; anguish; mental suffering

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(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit

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to do for (the sake of someone else)

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what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

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anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

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contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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(another's) daughter; young lady

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to seize the initiative

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reaction velocity

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cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

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feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

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to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

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cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

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to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

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a half; 50%

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one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

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lethal dose

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that in itself; as such

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looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

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