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candle

3

lamp; light

2

Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

2

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

in those days

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breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

youth; young man

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

1

Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

1

three years

1

bucket; pail; tub

2

immediately following

2

suicide

1

Imagawa Yoshimoto

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

3

way; means

1

to lose sight of; to miss

2

19; nineteen

1

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

1

holy priest; saint

1

shouting in a thunderous voice

2

blockhead!; you

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

3

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

7

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

3

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

4

to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

2

keen or piercing eye

1

abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

2

seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

2

battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign

8

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

independence; self-reliance

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

4

to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

1

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

3

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

2

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

vassalage

2

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1