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二天

see styles
èr tiān
    er4 tian1
erh t`ien
    erh tien
 niten
    にてん
(place-name) Niten
The two devas. (1) 日天 and 月天Sun-deva and Moon-deva. (2) 同生天A deva born simultaneously with the individual and 同名天 a deva with the same name as the individual; both devas have the duty of watching over the individual. (3) 梵天 and 帝釋天 Brahma and Indra.

二教

see styles
èr jiào
    er4 jiao4
erh chiao
 nikyō
Dual division of the Buddha's teaching. There are various definitions: (1) Tiantai has (a) 顯教 exoteric or public teaching to the visible audience, and (b) 密教 at the same time esoteric teaching to an audience invisible to the other assembly. (2) The 眞言 Shingon School by "exoteric" means all the Buddha's preaching, save that of the 大日經 which it counts esoteric. (3) (a) 漸教 and (b) 頓教 graduated and immediate teaching, terms with various uses, e.g. salvation by works Hīnayāna, and by faith, Mahāyāna, etc.; they are applied to the Buddha's method, to the receptivity of hearers and to the teaching itself. (4) Tiantai has (a) 界内教 and (b) 界外教 teachings relating to the 三界 or realms of mortality and teachings relating to immortal realms. (5) (a) 半字教 and (b) 滿字教 Terms used in the Nirvāṇa sūtra, meaning incomplete word, or letter, teaching and complete word teaching, i.e. partial and complete, likened to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. (6) (a) 捃收教 and (b) 扶律談常教 of the Nirvāṇa sūtra, (a) completing those who failed to hear the Lotus; (b) "supporting the law, while discoursing on immortality," i.e. that the keeping of the law is also necessary to salvation. (7) Tiantai's division of (a) 偏教 and (b) 圓教 the partial teaching of the 藏, 通, and schools as contrasted with the perfect teaching of the 圓 school. (8) Tiantai's division of (a) 構教 and (6) 實教 temporary and permanent, similar to the last two. (9) (a) 世間教 The ordinary teaching of a moral life here; (b) 出世間教 the teaching of Buddha-truth of other-worldly happiness in escape from mortality. (10) (a) 了義教 the Mahāyāna perfect or complete teaching, and (b) 不了義教 Hīnayāna incompleteness. (11) The Huayan division of (a) 屈曲教 indirect or uneven teaching as in the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras, and (b) 平道教 direct or levelled up teaching as in the Huayan sūtra. (12) The Huayan division of (a) 化教 all the Buddha's teaching for conversion and general instruction, and (b) 制教 his rules and commandments for the control and development of his order.

二時


二时

see styles
èr shí
    er4 shi2
erh shih
 niji
    ふたとき
(temporal noun) (1) fairly long period of time; (2) (archaism) four-hour period; (temporal noun) two o'clock
The two times or periods— morning and evening. Also 迦羅 kāla, a regular or fixed hour for meals, and 三昧耶 samaya, irregular or unfxed hours or times.

二智

see styles
èr zhì
    er4 zhi4
erh chih
 nichi
The two kinds of wisdom; there are various pairs. The Huayan school uses 如理智 and 如量智; the Faxiang (法相) uses 根本智 and 後得智; the Tiantai uses 權智 and 實智. (1) (a) 如理智 or 根本智, 無分別智, 正體智, 眞智, 實智 is Buddha-wisdom, or Bodhisattva real wisdom; (b) 如量智 or 後得智, the same wisdom in its limitation and relation to ordinary human affairs. (2) (a) 實智 Absolute wisdom and (b) 權智 or 方便智 | relative or temporal wisdom. (3) (a) 一切智 wisdom of the all, (b) 一切種智 wisdom of all the particulars.

二歩

see styles
 niho
    にほ
{shogi} dropping two unpromoted pawns on the same file (illegal move); (personal name) Niho

二相

see styles
èr xiàng
    er4 xiang4
erh hsiang
 nisou / niso
    にそう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) two-phase
The two forms, or characteristics, of the bhutatathata, universal and particular. The 起信論 gives (a) 淨智相 pure wisdom, cf. ālaya-vijñāna, out of whose primary condition arise (b) 不思議用相 inconceivable, beneficial functions and uses. The same śāstra gives also a definition of the 眞如 as (a) 同相 that all things, pure or impure, are fundamentally of the same universal, e.g. clay which is made into tiles; (b) 異相 but display particular qualities, as affected by pure or impure causes, e.g. the tiles. Another definition, of the 智度論 31, is (a) 總相 universals, as impermanence; (b) 別相 particulars, for though all things have the universal basis of impermanence they have particular qualities, e.g. earth-solidity, heat of fire, etc.

五力

see styles
wǔ lì
    wu3 li4
wu li
 goriki
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王.

五師


五师

see styles
wǔ shī
    wu3 shi1
wu shih
 goshi
    ごし
(surname) Goshi
The five masters or teachers, i. e. respectively of the sutras, the vinaya, the śāstras, the abhidharma, and meditation. A further division is made of 異世五師 and 同世五師. The first, i. e. of different periods, are Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, Madhyāntika, Śāṇavāsa, and Upagupta; another group connected with the Vinaya is Upāli, Dāsaka, Sonaka, Siggava, and Moggaliputra Tissva. The 同世 or five of the same period are variously stated: the Sarvāstivādins say they were the five immediate disciples of Upagupta, i. e. Dharmagupta, etc.; see 五部.

五悔

see styles
wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五教

see styles
wǔ jiào
    wu3 jiao4
wu chiao
 gokyō
The five division of Buddhism according to the Huayan School, of which there are two That of 杜順 Dushun down to 賢首 Xianshou is (1) 小乘教 Hīnayāna which interprets nirvana as annihilation; (2) 大乘始教 the primary stage of Mahāyāna, with two sections the 相始教 and 空 始教 or realistic and idealistic, (3) 大乘終教 Mahāyāna in its final stage, teaching the 眞如 and universal Buddhahood; (4) 頓教 the immediate, direct, or intuitive school, e. g. by right concentration of thought, or faith, apart from 'works'; (5) 圓教 the complete or perfect teaching of the Huayan, combining all the rest into one all-embracing vehicle. The five are now differentiated into 十宗 ten schools. The other division, by 圭峯 Guifeng of the same school, is (1) 人天教 rebirth as human beings for those who keep the five commandments and as devas those who keep the 十善 as 相始教 above; (4) 大乘破相教 as 空始教 above; and (5) 一乘顯性教 the one vehicle which reveals the universal Buddha-nature; it includes (3), (4), and (5) of the first group. See also 五時教.

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

五果

see styles
wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

五穀


五谷

see styles
wǔ gǔ
    wu3 gu3
wu ku
 gokoku
    ごこく
five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi)); (surname) Gokoku
five grains

五蘊


五蕴

see styles
wǔ yùn
    wu3 yun4
wu yün
 goun / gon
    ごうん
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
{Buddh} the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
The five skandhas, pañca-skandha: also 五陰; 五衆; 五塞犍陀 The five cumulations, substances, or aggregates, i. e. the components of an intelligent being, specially a human being: (1) 色 rūpa, form, matter, the physical form related to the five organs of sense; (2) 受 vedana, reception, sensation, feeling, the functioning of the mind or senses in connection with affairs and things; (3) 想 saṃjñā, conception, or discerning; the functioning of mind in distinguishing; (4) 行 saṃskāra, the functioning of mind in its processes regarding like and dislike, good and evil, etc.; (5) 識 vijñāna, mental faculty in regard to perception and cognition, discriminative of affairs and things. The first is said to be physical, the other four mental qualities; (2), (3), and (4) are associated with mental functioning, and therefore with 心所; (5) is associated with the faculty or nature of the mind 心王 manas. Eitel gives— form, perception, consciousness, action, knowledge. See also Keith's Buddhist Philosophy, 85-91.

些末

see styles
 samatsu
    さまつ
(noun or adjectival noun) trivial; trifling

亜流

see styles
 aru
    ある
(1) (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat; (2) follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought); (female given name) Aru

交加

see styles
jiāo jiā
    jiao1 jia1
chiao chia
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other

人様

see styles
 hitosama
    ひとさま
other people; others

仁茂

see styles
 masamu
    まさむ
(personal name) Masamu

仁通

see styles
 masamichi
    まさみち
(personal name) Masamichi

仍舊


仍旧

see styles
réng jiù
    reng2 jiu4
jeng chiu
still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet

仏様

see styles
 hotokesama
    ほとけさま
(1) a Buddha; (2) deceased person

仙巳

see styles
 hisami
    ひさみ
(personal name) Hisami

仲間

see styles
 bibiana
    びびあな
(1) companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate; (2) group; company; circle; set; gang; (3) member of the same category (family, class); (surname) Bibiana

伯傑


伯杰

see styles
bó jié
    bo2 jie2
po chieh
(name) Berger; Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter

伽藍


伽蓝

see styles
qié lán
    qie2 lan2
ch`ieh lan
    chieh lan
 tokiai
    ときあい
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 僧伽藍摩) temple (esp. large one); monastery; (suffix noun) (2) {Buddh} temple building; (surname) Tokiai
僧伽藍摩; 僧藍 saṅghārāma or saṅghāgāra. (1) The park of a monastery. (2) A monastery, convent. There are eighteen伽藍神 guardian spirits of a monastery.

佐丸

see styles
 samaru
    さまる
(surname) Samaru

佐保

see styles
 samata
    さまた
(surname) Samata

佐俣

see styles
 samata
    さまた
(place-name, surname) Samata

佐元

see styles
 samoto
    さもと
(surname) Samoto

佐光

see styles
 samitsu
    さみつ
(surname) Samitsu

佐六

see styles
 samutsu
    さむつ
(given name) Samutsu

佐前

see styles
 samae
    さまえ
(surname) Samae

佐又

see styles
 samata
    さまた
(place-name) Samata

佐味

see styles
 sami
    さみ
(place-name, surname) Sami

佐守

see styles
 samori
    さもり
(surname) Samori

佐室

see styles
 samuro
    さむろ
(place-name, surname) Samuro

佐宮

see styles
 samiya
    さみや
(surname, female given name) Samiya

佐峠

see styles
 samine
    さみね
(surname) Samine

佐峰

see styles
 samine
    さみね
(place-name) Samine

佐巻

see styles
 samaki
    さまき
(surname) Samaki

佐復

see styles
 samata
    さまた
(surname) Samata

佐持

see styles
 samochi
    さもち
(surname) Samochi

佐摩

see styles
 sama
    さま
(place-name) Sama

佐本

see styles
 samoto
    さもと
(surname) Samoto

佐村

see styles
 samura
    さむら
(surname) Samura

佐松

see styles
 samatsu
    さまつ
(surname, given name) Samatsu

佐棟

see styles
 samune
    さむね
(surname) Samune

佐森

see styles
 samori
    さもり
(surname) Samori

佐武

see styles
 samu
    さむ
(personal name) Samu

佐水

see styles
 samizu
    さみず
(place-name, surname) Samizu

佐溝

see styles
 samizo
    さみぞ
(surname) Samizo

佐目

see styles
 same
    さめ
(place-name, surname) Same

佐股

see styles
 samata
    さまた
(place-name, surname) Samata

佐茂

see styles
 samo
    さも
(surname) Samo

佐見

see styles
 sami
    さみ
(place-name, surname) Sami

佐路

see styles
 samichi
    さみち
(surname) Samichi

佐門

see styles
 samon
    さもん
(surname, given name) Samon

佐間

see styles
 sama
    さま
(place-name, surname) Sama

何様

see styles
 nanisama
    なにさま
(1) person of importance; a somebody; (adverb) (2) absolutely; certainly; to be sure

佛壽


佛寿

see styles
fó shòu
    fo2 shou4
fo shou
 butsu ju
Buddha's life, or age. While he only lived to eighty as a man, in his saṁbhogakāya he is without end, eternal; cf. Lotus Sutra, 壽量品, where Buddha is declared to be eternal.

佛智

see styles
fó zhì
    fo2 zhi4
fo chih
 butchi
anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, Buddha-wisdom, i.e. supreme, universal gnosis, awareness or intelligence; sarvajñatā, omniscience.

作人

see styles
zuò rén
    zuo4 ren2
tso jen
 sakujin
    さくじん
to conduct oneself; same as 做人
(given name) Sakujin

作務


作务

see styles
zuò wù
    zuo4 wu4
tso wu
 samu
    さむ
{Buddh} work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
labor

作夢

see styles
 samu
    さむ
(personal name) Samu

作麼


作么

see styles
zuò mó
    zuo4 mo2
tso mo
 samo
how? what?

併売

see styles
 heibai / hebai
    へいばい
(noun/participle) (1) concurrent selling (e.g. of old and new models); selling (related products) alongside each other; (noun/participle) (2) selling (the same product) in more than one place (e.g. online and in store)

併用

see styles
 heiyou / heyo
    へいよう
(noun/participle) using together (jointly); used at the same time

併行

see styles
 heikou / heko
    へいこう
(adj-no,n,vs) (1) (going) side-by-side; abreast; (2) concurrent; occurring together; at the same time; (given name) Heikou

併読

see styles
 heidoku / hedoku
    へいどく
(noun, transitive verb) reading (two or more books, etc.) at the same time; subscribing to multiple newspapers

併録

see styles
 heiroku / heroku
    へいろく
(noun/participle) including (an extra work) within the same book, DVD, etc.

來函


来函

see styles
lái hán
    lai2 han2
lai han
incoming letter; letter from afar; same as 來信|来信[lai2 xin4]

例語


例语

see styles
lì yǔ
    li4 yu3
li yü
 reigo / rego
    れいご
(lexicography) illustrative phrase; sample word or phrase
illustrative word; example word

例題


例题

see styles
lì tí
    li4 ti2
li t`i
    li ti
 reidai / redai
    れいだい
problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom; practice question (used in preparation for an exam); sample question
example; exercise (for the reader)

侍園

see styles
 samuraizono
    さむらいぞの
(surname) Samuraizono

侍塚

see styles
 samuraizuka
    さむらいづか
(place-name) Samuraizuka

侍島

see styles
 samuraijima
    さむらいじま
(place-name) Samuraijima

侍所

see styles
 samuraidokoro; saburaidokoro
    さむらいどころ; さぶらいどころ
(1) (hist) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); (2) (hist) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

侍村

see styles
 samuraimura
    さむらいむら
(place-name) Samuraimura

侍浜

see styles
 samuraihama
    さむらいはま
(place-name) Samuraihama

侍石

see styles
 samuraiishi / samuraishi
    さむらいいし
(place-name) Samuraiishi

侍蟻

see styles
 samuraiari; samuraiari
    さむらいあり; サムライアリ
(kana only) Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

供に

see styles
 tomoni
    ともに
(irregular kanji usage) (adverb) (1) (kana only) together; jointly; (2) (kana only) at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; (3) (kana only) both

供試

see styles
 kyoushi / kyoshi
    きょうし
(noun, transitive verb) providing (a sample, product, etc.) for testing

依地

see styles
yī dì
    yi1 di4
i ti
 eji
The ground on which one relies; the body, on which sight, hearing, etc., depend; the degree of samādhi attained; cf. 依身.

依羅

see styles
 yosami
    よさみ
(s,p) Yosami

依舊


依旧

see styles
yī jiù
    yi1 jiu4
i chiu
as before; still; to remain the same

便是

see styles
biàn shì
    bian4 shi4
pien shih
(emphasizes that something is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as

信実

see styles
 masami
    まさみ
(noun or adjectival noun) sincerity; honesty; truth; faithfulness; (female given name) Masami

修む

see styles
 osamu
    おさむ
(v2m-s,vt) (1) (archaism) to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master; (v2m-s,vt) (2) (archaism) to order (one's life); (v2m-s,vt) (3) (archaism) to repair (a fault one has committed)

修務

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 osamu
    おさむ
(personal name) Osamu

修虫

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 osamu
    おさむ
(personal name) Osamu

修身

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xiū shēn
    xiu1 shen1
hsiu shen
 masami
    まさみ
to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging
morals; ethics; moral training; (personal name) Masami
self-cultivation

俺様

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 oresama
    おれさま
(pn,adj-no) I; myself

倒事

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 sakasamagoto
    さかさまごと
(1) (obscure) (kana only) child dying before parents; (2) (obscure) occurrence out of sequence; wrong order

倒様

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 sakasama
    さかさま
(adj-na,adj-no,n) inverted; upside down

倶に

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 tomoni
    ともに
(adverb) (1) (kana only) together; jointly; (2) (kana only) at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; (3) (kana only) both

假音

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jiǎ yīn
    jia3 yin1
chia yin
falsetto, same as 假聲|假声

偉央

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 isamu
    いさむ
(personal name) Isamu

側ら

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 katawara
    かたわら
(irregular okurigana usage) (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) (1) side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; (adverbial noun) (2) (kana only) while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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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