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hell

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mutation; change; vicissitude

1

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

2

shout; scream

1

brute; savage; fiend

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

bad results

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

6

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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through; by way of; after; via

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karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution

2

eternity; perpetuity

2

hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

4

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

6

to view; to contemplate

2

("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

3

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

3

after all; in the end; excellent; superb; robust; brawny

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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aspiration for Buddhahood

3

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

3

one house; one roof

2

temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building

2

Buddha; Buddhism

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

adorning (a Buddhist statue)

1

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

3

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

6

intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha

2

earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

reverence; respect

1

clear; pure; noble

2

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

2

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

2

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; flattery; flatterer; Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

1

supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)

2

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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capital (esp. Kyoto)

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Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)

1

temple; monastery; convent

1

high and low (social standing)

1

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

2

tea store

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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