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効用

see styles
 kouyou / koyo
    こうよう
use; utility; effect; benefit

効目

see styles
 kikime
    ききめ
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

効能

see styles
 kounou / kono
    こうのう
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit

効験

see styles
 kouken; kougen(ok) / koken; kogen(ok)
    こうけん; こうげん(ok)
efficacy; effect

動效


动效

see styles
dòng xiào
    dong4 xiao4
tung hsiao
animation effect

勝報


胜报

see styles
shèng bào
    sheng4 bao4
sheng pao
 shōhō
    しょうほう
news of a victory
superior reward (for good karma)

勝業


胜业

see styles
shèng yè
    sheng4 ye4
sheng yeh
 katsunari
    かつなり
(personal name) Katsunari
Surpassing karma.

十力

see styles
shí lì
    shi2 li4
shih li
 jūriki
Daśabala. The ten powers of Buddha, giving complete knowledge of: (1) what is right or wrong in every condition; (2) what is the karma of every being, past, present, and future; (3) all stages of dhyāna liberation, and samādhi; (4) the powers and faculties of all beings; (5) the desires, or moral direction of every being; (6) the actual condition of every individual; (7) the direction and consequence of all laws; (8) all causes of mortality and of good and evil in their reality; (9) the end of all beings and nirvāṇa; (10) the destruction of all illusion of every kind. See the 智度論 25 and the 倶舍論 29.

十心

see styles
shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

十智

see styles
shí zhì
    shi2 zhi4
shih chih
 jū chi
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas.

危害

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wēi hài
    wei1 hai4
wei hai
 kigai
    きがい
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]
injury; harm; danger
endangering

即功

see styles
 sokkou / sokko
    そっこう
immediate effect; instant effect

即効

see styles
 sokkou / sokko
    そっこう
immediate effect; instant effect

反応

see styles
 hannou(p); hanou / hanno(p); hano
    はんのう(P); はんおう
(n,vs,vi) (1) reaction; response; (n,vs,vi) (2) physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); (n,vs,vi) (3) {chem} reaction; effect; change

取業

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qǔ yè
    qu3 ye4
ch`ü yeh
    chü yeh
Duties of the receiver of the rules; also to receive the results or karma of one's deeds.

口業


口业

see styles
kǒu yè
    kou3 ye4
k`ou yeh
    kou yeh
 kugō
語業 One of the 三業. (1) The work of the mouth, i.e. talk, speech. (2) The evil karma produced by the mouth, especially from lying, double-tongue, ill words, and exaggeration.

善因

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shàn yīn
    shan4 yin1
shan yin
 zenin
    ぜんいん
(Buddhism) good karma
{Buddh} (ant: 悪因) good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
Good causation, i.e. a good cause for a good effect.

善緣


善缘

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shàn yuán
    shan4 yuan2
shan yüan
good karma

囘向


回向

see styles
huí xiàng
    hui2 xiang4
hui hsiang
 ekō
迴向 pariṇāmanā. To turn towards; to turn something from one person or thing to another; transference of merit); the term is intp. by 轉趣 turn towards; it is used for works of supererogation, or rather, it means the bestowing on another, or others, of merits acquired by oneself, especially the merits acquired by a bodhisattva or Buddha for the salvation of all, e. g. the bestowing of his merits by Amitābha on all the living. There are other kinds, such as the turning of acquired merit to attain further progress in bodhi, or nirvana. 囘事向理 to turn (from) practice to theory; 囘自向他 to turn from oneself to another; 囘因向果 To turn from cause to effect. 囘世而向出世 to turn from this world to what is beyond this world, from the worldly to the unworldly.

四力

see styles
sì lì
    si4 li4
ssu li
 shiriki
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment.

四執


四执

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sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四業


四业

see styles
sì yè
    si4 ye4
ssu yeh
 shi gō
four types of admixture of good and evil karma

回り

see styles
 mawari
    まわり
(1) rotation; (2) making the rounds; (3) spreading; (4) effect; efficacy; (n-suf,n) (5) by way of; via; (suf,ctr) (6) round; turn; (7) size; (8) 12-year period; 12-year age difference

因人

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yīn rén
    yin1 ren2
yin jen
 innin
Followers of Buddha who have not yet attained Buddhahood, but are still Producers of karma and reincarnation.

因分

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yīn fēn
    yin1 fen1
yin fen
 inbun
Cause, as contrasted with effect 果分.

垂感

see styles
chuí gǎn
    chui2 gan3
ch`ui kan
    chui kan
drape effect (fashion)

報應


报应

see styles
bào yìng
    bao4 ying4
pao ying
 hō'ō
(Buddhism) divine retribution; karma
Recompense, reward, punishment; also the 報身 and 應身 q.v.

報通


报通

see styles
bào tōng
    bao4 tong1
pao t`ung
    pao tung
 hōtsū
The supernatural powers that have been acquired as karma by demons, spirits, nāgas, etc.

塵累


尘累

see styles
chén lěi
    chen2 lei3
ch`en lei
    chen lei
 jinrui
The passion-karma which entangles the mind.

大用

see styles
dà yòng
    da4 yong4
ta yung
 dayou / dayo
    だよう
to put sb in powerful position; to empower
(1) (だいよう only) (rare) (See 大便) feces; excrement; (2) (rare) large effect; (personal name) Dayou
great function

天命

see styles
tiān mìng
    tian1 ming4
t`ien ming
    tien ming
 tenmei / tenme
    てんめい
Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
(1) God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny; (2) one's life; one's lifespan; (surname, given name) Tenmei

天道

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tiān dào
    tian1 dao4
t`ien tao
    tien tao
 tendou / tendo
    てんどう
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect)
(1) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (surname, given name) Tendō
deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things.

天鼓

see styles
tiān gǔ
    tian1 gu3
t`ien ku
    tien ku
 tenko
    てんこ
(given name) Tenko
The deva drum— in the 善法 Good Law Hall of the Trayas-triṃśas heavens, which sounds of itself, warning the inhabitants of the thirty-three heavens that even their life is impermanent and subject to karma: at the sound of the drum Indra preaches against excess. Hence it is a title of Buddha as the great law-drum, who warns, exhorts, and encourages the good and frightens the evil and the demons.

奇効

see styles
 kikou / kiko
    きこう
remarkable effect

奇效

see styles
qí xiào
    qi2 xiao4
ch`i hsiao
    chi hsiao
wondrous effect; marvelous efficacy

契り

see styles
 chigiri
    ちぎり
(1) pledge; vow; promise; (2) (euph) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; (3) destiny; fate; karma

妙用

see styles
miào yòng
    miao4 yong4
miao yung
 myouyou / myoyo
    みょうよう
to use (something) in an ingenious way; marvelously effective use
mysterious influence; mysterious effect
marvelous function

妙行

see styles
miào xíng
    miao4 xing2
miao hsing
 myoukou / myoko
    みょうこう
(female given name) Myōkou
The profound act by which a good karma is produced, e.g. faith; v. 一行一切行.

子果

see styles
zǐ guǒ
    zi3 guo3
tzu kuo
 shika
Seed and fruit; seed-produced fruit is 子果, fruit-produced seed is 果子. The fruit produced by illusion in former incarnation is 子果, which the Hīnayāna arhat has not yet finally cut off. It is necessary to enter Nirvāṇa without remnant of mortality to be free from its "fruit", or karma.

孽報


孽报

see styles
niè bào
    nie4 bao4
nieh pao
bad karma

定め

see styles
 sadame
    さだめ
(1) law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement; (2) destiny; fate; karma

定命

see styles
dìng mìng
    ding4 ming4
ting ming
 joumyou; teimei / jomyo; teme
    じょうみょう; ていめい
(1) {Buddh} one's predestined length of life; (2) (ていめい only) destiny; fate
Determined period of life; fate.

定業


定业

see styles
dìng yè
    ding4 ye4
ting yeh
 teigyou / tegyo
    ていぎょう
regular employment
Fixed karma, rebirth determined by the good or bad actions of the past. Also, the work of meditation with its result.

実効

see styles
 jikkou / jikko
    じっこう
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency

実物

see styles
 mimono
    みもの
ornamental plant used primarily for the visual effect of its fruit

実質

see styles
 jisshitsu
    じっしつ
(1) substance; essence; (can be adjective with の) (2) substantive; substantial; essential; real (e.g. interest rate); (adverb) (3) in essence; in effect; essentially; effectively; practically; (4) {anat} parenchyma

宿命

see styles
sù mìng
    su4 ming4
su ming
 shukumei / shukume
    しゅくめい
predestination; karma
fate; destiny; predestination
Previous life, or lives; v. 宿住.

宿善

see styles
sù shàn
    su4 shan4
su shan
 sukuzen
Good deeds done in previous existence.

宿福

see styles
sù fú
    su4 fu2
su fu
 shukufuku
Happy karma from previous existence.

宿種


宿种

see styles
sù zhǒng
    su4 zhong3
su chung
 shukushu
seeds of karma planted in prior lifetimes

宿緣


宿缘

see styles
sù yuán
    su4 yuan2
su yüan
 shukuen
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
Causation or inheritance from previous existence.

宿縁

see styles
 shukuen
    しゅくえん
destiny; fate; karma

實效


实效

see styles
shí xiào
    shi2 xiao4
shih hsiao
actual effect; practical result; efficacy

實果


实果

see styles
shí guǒ
    shi2 guo3
shih kuo
 jitsuka
true effect

對法


对法

see styles
duì fǎ
    dui4 fa3
tui fa
 taihō
The corresponding law, the philosophy in the Buddha's teaching, the Abhidharma; comparison of cause and effect.

廻り

see styles
 meguri
    めぐり
    mawari
    まわり
(1) circumference; girth; (2) tour; pilgrimage; (3) circulation (e.g. of blood); (1) rotation; (2) making the rounds; (3) spreading; (4) effect; efficacy; (n-suf,n) (5) by way of; via; (suf,ctr) (6) round; turn; (7) size; (8) 12-year period; 12-year age difference

弊害

see styles
 heigai / hegai
    へいがい
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

引業


引业

see styles
yǐn yè
    yin3 ye4
yin yeh
 ingō
引因; 牽引業; 總報業 The principal or integral direction of karma, in contrast with 滿引 its more detailed stages; see last entry.

影響


影响

see styles
yǐng xiǎng
    ying3 xiang3
ying hsiang
 eikyou / ekyo
    えいきょう
influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
(n,vs,vi) influence; effect; impact
Shadow and echo.

彼岸

see styles
bǐ àn
    bi3 an4
pi an
 higan
    ひがん
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
(1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbreviation) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) {Buddh} (See 此岸) nirvana; (4) (form) opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side
波羅 parā, yonder shore i. e. nirvāṇa. The saṃsāra life of reincarnation is 此岸 this shore; the stream of karma is 中流 the stream between the one shore and the other. Metaphor for an end to any affair. pāramitā (an incorrect etymology, no doubt old) is the way to reach the other shore.; The other shore; nirvāṇa.

後勁


后劲

see styles
hòu jìn
    hou4 jin4
hou chin
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect

後效


后效

see styles
hòu xiào
    hou4 xiao4
hou hsiao
after-effect

後有


后有

see styles
hòu yǒu
    hou4 you3
hou yu
 gū
Future karma; the person in the subsequent incarnation; also, the final incarnation of the arhat, or bodhisattva.

心鬼

see styles
xīn guǐ
    xin1 gui3
hsin kuei
 shinki kokoro-no-oni
A perverse mind, whose karma will be that of a wandering ghost.

忍智

see styles
rěn zhì
    ren3 zhi4
jen chih
 ninchi
Patience and wisdom. In the Hīnayāna, patience is cause, wisdom effect; in Mahāyāna, the two are merged, though patience precedes wisdom.

悪業

see styles
 akugou / akugo
    あくごう
{Buddh} (ant: 善業) bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

情趣

see styles
qíng qù
    qing2 qu4
ch`ing ch`ü
    ching chü
 joushu / joshu
    じょうしゅ
inclinations and interests; delight; fun; interest; appeal
mood; sentiment; artistic effect

惡業


恶业

see styles
è yè
    e4 ye4
o yeh
 akugō
Evil conduct in thought, word, or deed, which leads to evil recompense; evil karma.

愛果


爱果

see styles
ài guǒ
    ai4 guo3
ai kuo
 megumi
    めぐみ
(female given name) Megumi
The fruit of desire and attachment, i.e. suffering.

愛業


爱业

see styles
ài yè
    ai4 ye4
ai yeh
 aigō
The karma which follows desire.

愛潤


爱润

see styles
ài rùn
    ai4 run4
ai jun
 auru
    あうる
(female given name) Auru
The fertilizing of desire; i.e. when dying the illusion of attachment fertilizes the seed of future karma, producing the fruit of further suffering.

慢性

see styles
màn xìng
    man4 xing4
man hsing
 mansei / manse
    まんせい
slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
(adj-no,n) {med} (ant: 急性) chronic (illness)

成效

see styles
chéng xiào
    cheng2 xiao4
ch`eng hsiao
    cheng hsiao
effect; result

成業


成业

see styles
chéng yè
    cheng2 ye4
ch`eng yeh
    cheng yeh
 seigyou / segyo
    せいぎょう
(n,vs,vi) completion of one's work
to create karma

換装

see styles
 kansou / kanso
    かんそう
(noun/participle) exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

擬音


拟音

see styles
nǐ yīn
    ni3 yin1
ni yin
 gion
    ぎおん
to make a sound effect; sound effect; (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

效力

see styles
xiào lì
    xiao4 li4
hsiao li
effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)

效應


效应

see styles
xiào yìng
    xiao4 ying4
hsiao ying
effect (scientific phenomenon)

效果

see styles
xiào guǒ
    xiao4 guo3
hsiao kuo
result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects

效驗


效验

see styles
xiào yàn
    xiao4 yan4
hsiao yen
(desired) effect; (expected) result; effective

散業


散业

see styles
sàn yè
    san4 ye4
san yeh
 sangō
The good karma acquired in a life of activity.

斷滅


断灭

see styles
duàn miè
    duan4 mie4
tuan mieh
 danmetsu
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
The heterodox teaching which denies the law of cause and effect, i.e. of karma.

施行

see styles
shī xíng
    shi1 xing2
shih hsing
 segyou / segyo
    せぎょう
to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} giving alms (to monks or the poor); almsgiving
The practice of charity.

暈染


晕染

see styles
yùn rǎn
    yun4 ran3
yün jan
to smudge (become smeared); to smudge (create a blurred effect); shading (wash painting technique)

會師


会师

see styles
huì shī
    hui4 shi1
hui shih
to collaborate; to join forces; to effect a junction

有作

see styles
yǒu zuò
    you3 zuo4
yu tso
 yuusaku / yusaku
    ゆうさく
(given name) Yūsaku
有爲 Functioning, effective; phenomenal, the processes resulting from the law of karma; later 安立 came into use.

有效

see styles
yǒu xiào
    you3 xiao4
yu hsiao
effective; in effect; valid

有果

see styles
yǒu guǒ
    you3 guo3
yu kuo
 yuka
    ゆか
(female given name) Yuka
having effect

有流

see styles
yǒu liú
    you3 liu2
yu liu
 uryuu / uryu
    うりゅう
(given name) Uryū
The mortal stream of existence with its karma and delusion. Cf. 見流.

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

有餘


有余

see styles
yǒu yú
    you3 yu2
yu yü
 uyo
to have an abundance
Something more; those who have remainder to fulfil, e. g. of karma incomplete; extra, additional.

果報


果报

see styles
guǒ bào
    guo3 bao4
kuo pao
 kaho
    かほ
karma; preordained fate (Buddhism)
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) good fortune; luck; happiness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} (See 業・ごう・1) vipaka (retribution); (female given name) Kaho
異熟 Retribution for good or evil deeds, implying that different conditions in this (or any) life are the variant ripenings, or fruit, of seed sown in previous life or lives.

果斷


果断

see styles
guǒ duàn
    guo3 duan4
kuo tuan
 kadan
firm; decisive
To cut off the fruit, or results, of former karma. The arhat who has a 'remnant of karma', though he has cut off the seed of misery, has not yet cut off its fruits.

果業


果业

see styles
guǒ yè
    guo3 ye4
kuo yeh
 kagō
fruits of karma

果相

see styles
guǒ xiàng
    guo3 xiang4
kuo hsiang
 ka sō
Reward, retribution, or effect; especially as one of the three forms of the ālaya-vijñāna.

柵極


栅极

see styles
shān jí
    shan1 ji2
shan chi
grid (in vacuum tubes); gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor)

根治

see styles
gēn zhì
    gen1 zhi4
ken chih
 konji; konchi
    こんじ; こんち
to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
(n,vs,vt,vi) complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery

業力


业力

see styles
yè lì
    ye4 li4
yeh li
 gōriki
(Buddhism) karma
The power of karma to produce good and evil fruit.

業厄


业厄

see styles
yè è
    ye4 e4
yeh o
 gōyaku
The constraints of karma; i.e. restricted conditions now as resulting from previous lives.

業受


业受

see styles
yè shòu
    ye4 shou4
yeh shou
 gōju
That which is received as the result of former karmic conduct, e.g. long or short life, etc.

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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