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equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
mumbling
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning
maneuver to shake, flick, or wipe blood off of a sword
excluded volume effect
frame (i.e. of a sliding door)
looking worse after putting up one's hair (when coming of age)
source of radiation
experience of seeing a ghost
draft (drawing, plan, etc.)
to exhaust all one's options
turning to God only in one's trouble
genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
to examine in full detail
enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction)
words can lead to disaster
people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them
International Standard Book Number
look at both sides of the thing
it's audible but invisible
to pour new wine into old wineskins
man is the crown of creation
various foods cooked together
to rain heavily
though it seems big, it's a small world
to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair
a little learning is a dangerous thing
good advice is harsh to the ear
money talks
nobody knows the morrow