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on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

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inside one's heart; in one's mind

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

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Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)

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wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

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counter for temples

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monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

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Kaisen (?-1582)

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Shouki

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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Nobutada

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temple (Buddhist)

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to set fire (to)

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extinguishment; destruction; effacement

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all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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fire; flame; blaze

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cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

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to recall; to remember

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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Shokuhō period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600)

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Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

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benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

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cave; cavern; peak; summit

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origin; source; virtuous ancestor

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age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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chief priest of temple

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later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)

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Soufukuji

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)

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invitation

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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to set on fire; to ignite

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Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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third day of the month; three days

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one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

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100; hundred

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others; other people

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in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)

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to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

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