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杖道

see styles
 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう

More info & calligraphy:

Jodo
(See 杖術) jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff

責任


责任

see styles
zé rèn
    ze2 ren4
tse jen
 sekinin
    せきにん

More info & calligraphy:

Responsibility
responsibility; blame; duty; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); (2) liability; onus

see styles
zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 tsue
    つえ
a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand; (surname) Tsuesaki
staff

冗員


冗员

see styles
rǒng yuán
    rong3 yuan2
jung yüan
 jouin / join
    じょういん
excess personnel; superfluous staff
(1) supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel; (2) useless staff

職員


职员

see styles
zhí yuán
    zhi2 yuan2
chih yüan
 shokuin
    しょくいん
office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
staff member; employee; worker; personnel

錫杖


锡杖

see styles
xī zhàng
    xi1 zhang4
hsi chang
 shakujou; sakujou(ok) / shakujo; sakujo(ok)
    しゃくじょう; さくじょう(ok)
monk's staff (Buddhism)
{Buddh} khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
monk's staff

五線譜


五线谱

see styles
wǔ xiàn pǔ
    wu3 xian4 pu3
wu hsien p`u
    wu hsien pu
 gosenfu
    ごせんふ
(music) staff; stave
{music} staff notation

教職員


教职员

see styles
jiào zhí yuán
    jiao4 zhi2 yuan2
chiao chih yüan
 kyoushokuin / kyoshokuin
    きょうしょくいん
teaching and administrative staff
teaching staff; faculty


see styles
guǎi
    guai3
kuai
cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff

see styles
bàng
    bang4
pang
 bou / bo
    ぼう
stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
(1) pole; rod; stick; baton; (2) line; dash; (expression) (3) (net-sl) (See 棒読み・1) spoken monotonously; (surname) Bou
A stick, cudgel.

竿

see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
 kan
    かん
pole
(suf,ctr) counter for poles, rods, etc.; (surname) Saosaki
staff

see styles
qióng
    qiong2
ch`iung
    chiung
(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

see styles
cái
    cai2
ts`ai
    tsai
 sai
    さい
to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
(suffix noun) judge; (surname) Tachi


see styles

    xi1
hsi
 suzu(p); suzu
    すず(P); スズ
tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
(kana only) tin (Sn); (given name) Tamau
Pewter, tin; to bestow; a monk's staff.

ご幣

see styles
 gohei / gohe
    ごへい
(Shinto) (honorific or respectful language) staff with plaited paper streamers

七僧

see styles
qī sēng
    qi1 seng1
ch`i seng
    chi seng
 shichisō
A monastery is supposed to possess the following seven monks: 咒願師 invoker; 導師 leader; 唄師 intoner, or leader of the chanting; 散花師 flower-scatterer; 梵音師 master of sacred words, or Sanskrit; 錫杖師 shaker of the rings on the metal staff, or crozier; 堂達 distributor of missals, etc. Another division is 講師 expounder; 讀師 reader; 咒願師; 三禮師 director of the three ceremonies; 唄師; 散花師; and 堂達.

下棒

see styles
xià bàng
    xia4 bang4
hsia pang
 abō
To lay on the cudgel, beat; syn. for the 德山 Te Shan monastery, whose Chan sect abbot instilled intelligence with his staff.

主任

see styles
zhǔ rèn
    zhu3 ren4
chu jen
 shunin
    しゅにん
director; head; CL:個|个[ge4]
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head; (personal name) Shunin

五線

see styles
 gosen
    ごせん
{music} staff; stave; (given name) Gosen

人員


人员

see styles
rén yuán
    ren2 yuan2
jen yüan
 jinin
    じんいん
staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
number of persons; personnel

人手

see styles
rén shǒu
    ren2 shou3
jen shou
 hitode
    ひとで
manpower; staff; human hand
(1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act
a person's hand

人馬


人马

see styles
rén mǎ
    ren2 ma3
jen ma
 jinba
    じんば
men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur
(1) (See 人馬一体・じんばいったい) man and horse; rider and horse; (2) (See ケンタウロス) centaur

但荼

see styles
dàn tú
    dan4 tu2
tan t`u
    tan tu
 danda
單拏 daṇḍa, a staff, club.

全員


全员

see styles
quán yuán
    quan2 yuan2
ch`üan yüan
    chüan yüan
 zenin(p); zeiin(ik) / zenin(p); zen(ik)
    ぜんいん(P); ぜいいん(ik)
all personnel; the whole staff
(n,adv) all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

分流

see styles
fēn liú
    fen1 liu2
fen liu
 bunryuu / bunryu
    ぶんりゅう
to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc); to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)
(noun/participle) distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

削る

see styles
 kezuru
    けずる
(transitive verb) (1) to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode; (transitive verb) (2) to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce; (transitive verb) (3) to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

剰員

see styles
 jouin / join
    じょういん
(1) supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel; (2) useless staff

医員

see styles
 iin / in
    いいん
medical staff; doctor

半旗

see styles
bàn qí
    ban4 qi2
pan ch`i
    pan chi
 hanki
    はんき
half-mast; half-staff
flag at half-mast

参謀

see styles
 sanbou / sanbo
    さんぼう
(1) staff officer; military staff; (2) adviser; counselor; counsellor

參謀


参谋

see styles
cān móu
    can1 mou2
ts`an mou
    tsan mou
staff officer; to give advice

員工


员工

see styles
yuán gōng
    yuan2 gong1
yüan kung
staff; personnel; employee

在編


在编

see styles
zài biān
    zai4 bian1
tsai pien
to be on the regular payroll; to be on the permanent staff

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

増員

see styles
 zouin / zoin
    ぞういん
(n,vs,vt,vi) increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

定詰

see styles
 jouzume / jozume
    じょうづめ
(noun/participle) (1) (obscure) permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time; (2) (archaism) (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and-or served in Edo for a fixed period of time; (surname) Jōzume

導購


导购

see styles
dǎo gòu
    dao3 gou4
tao kou
shopper's guide; shop assistant; sales staff

局員

see styles
 kyokuin
    きょくいん
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

巡錫


巡锡

see styles
xún xí
    xun2 xi2
hsün hsi
 junshaku
    じゅんしゃく
(n,vs,vi) preaching tour
To walk about with a metal staff, i. e. to teach.

帷幄

see styles
 iaku
    いあく
headquarters; general staff

帷幕

see styles
wéi mù
    wei2 mu4
wei mu
 ibaku
    いばく
heavy curtain
curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place

幕僚

see styles
mù liáo
    mu4 liao2
mu liao
 bakuryou / bakuryo
    ばくりょう
aides and advisors of top officials
staff; staff officer

幣串

see styles
 heigushi / hegushi
    へいぐし
(See 御幣,四手・1) staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei; (place-name) Hegushi

幹部


干部

see styles
gàn bù
    gan4 bu4
kan pu
 kanbu
    かんぶ
cadre; official; officer; manager
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

御幣

see styles
 gohei / gohe
    ごへい
(Shinto) (honorific or respectful language) staff with plaited paper streamers; (surname) Gohei

怛荼

see styles
dá tú
    da2 tu2
ta t`u
    ta tu
 tanda
daṇḍa, cf. 檀拏 a staff.

所員

see styles
 shoin
    しょいん
staff member; station employee; official

手杖

see styles
shǒu zhàng
    shou3 zhang4
shou chang
 shujou; chuujou / shujo; chujo
    しゅじょう; ちゅうじょう
cane; CL:把[ba3]
staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

折損


折损

see styles
zhé sǔn
    zhe2 sun3
che sun
 sesson
    せっそん
to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
(n,vs,vi) snapping (of fixtures, mechanical equipment, etc.); breaking; fracturing; breakage

拄杖

see styles
zhǔ zhàng
    zhu3 zhang4
chu chang
 chujō
(拄杖子) A crutch, staff.

拳棒

see styles
quán bàng
    quan2 bang4
ch`üan pang
    chüan pang
martial arts; lit. fist and staff

掛錫


挂锡

see styles
guà xí
    gua4 xi2
kua hsi
 ke shaku
To hang up one's staff, similar to掛搭; to dwell in a place.

探水

see styles
tàn shuǐ
    tan4 shui3
t`an shui
    tan shui
 tansui
To sound the depth of water, the lower part of a staff, i.e. for sounding depth.

接機


接机

see styles
jiē jī
    jie1 ji1
chieh chi
to meet (or pick up) sb arriving by plane; (of airport staff) to deal with the arrival of a plane

政紀


政纪

see styles
zhèng jì
    zheng4 ji4
cheng chi
 masanori
    まさのり
rules for political staff; political discipline
(given name) Masanori

教員


教员

see styles
jiào yuán
    jiao4 yuan2
chiao yüan
 kyouin / kyoin
    きょういん
teacher; instructor; CL:個|个[ge4]
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

本譜

see styles
 honpu
    ほんぷ
(1) {music} (See 略譜・2) staff notation (as opposed to numbered notation); (2) this record (of a game of go, shogi, etc.)

杖状

see styles
 tsuejou / tsuejo
    つえじょう
(adj-no,n) staff-shaped

杖痛

see styles
zhàng tòng
    zhang4 tong4
chang t`ung
    chang tung
 jōtsū
pain caused by being beaten with a staff

杖術

see styles
 joujutsu / jojutsu
    じょうじゅつ
(See 杖道) jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff

梵壇


梵坛

see styles
fàn tán
    fan4 tan2
fan t`an
    fan tan
 bondan
or 梵怛 brahmadaṇda, brahma-staff 梵杖, the brahma (i.e. religious) punishment (stick), but the derivation is uncertain; the explanation is "to send to Coventry" a recalcitrant monk, the forbidding of any conversation with him, called also 默擯 exclusion to silence.

梵天

see styles
fàn tiān
    fan4 tian1
fan t`ien
    fan tien
 bonten; bonden
    ぼんてん; ぼんでん
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
(1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten
Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself.

梵怛

see styles
fàn dá
    fan4 da2
fan ta
 bon tan
brahma-staff

梵杖

see styles
fàn zhàng
    fan4 zhang4
fan chang
 bon jō
brahma-staff

棍杖

see styles
gùn zhàng
    gun4 zhang4
kun chang
staff; rod

棍棒

see styles
gùn bàng
    gun4 bang4
kun pang
 konbou / konbo
    こんぼう
club; staff; stick
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

標尺


标尺

see styles
biāo chǐ
    biao1 chi3
piao ch`ih
    piao chih
surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight

檀拏


檀拿

see styles
tán ná
    tan2 na2
t`an na
    tan na
 tanna
檀陀 daṇḍa, also 但荼 a staff, club.

法寶


法宝

see styles
fǎ bǎo
    fa3 bao3
fa pao
 houbou / hobo
    ほうぼう
Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand
(personal name) Houbou
Dharmaratna. (1) Dharma-treasure, i. e. the Law or Buddha-truth, the second personification in the triratna 三寶. (2) The personal articles of a monk or nun— robe, almsbowl, etc.

法杖

see styles
fǎ zhàng
    fa3 zhang4
fa chang
magic staff

流失

see styles
liú shī
    liu2 shi1
liu shih
 ryuushitsu / ryushitsu
    りゅうしつ
(of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained
(n,vs,vi) being washed away

減員


减员

see styles
jiǎn yuán
    jian3 yuan2
chien yüan
 genin
    げんいん
to reduce the number of personnel; to experience a reduction in the number of personnel
(n,vs,vt,vi) reduction of staff

玄奘

see styles
xuán zàng
    xuan2 zang4
hsüan tsang
 genjou / genjo
    げんじょう
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
(given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664)
Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year.

用人

see styles
yòng rén
    yong4 ren2
yung jen
 younin / yonin
    ようにん
servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
(1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person

社食

see styles
 shashoku
    しゃしょく
(abbreviation) (See 社員食堂) staff canteen

禪杖


禅杖

see styles
chán zhàng
    chan2 zhang4
ch`an chang
    chan chang
 zenjō
the staff of a Buddhist monk
A staff or pole for touching those who fall asleep while assembled in meditation.

策杖

see styles
cè zhàng
    ce4 zhang4
ts`e chang
    tse chang
 sakujō
a staff

統幕

see styles
 toubaku / tobaku
    とうばく
general staff headquarters

編制


编制

see styles
biān zhì
    bian1 zhi4
pien chih
 hensei / hense
    へんせい
to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)
(noun, transitive verb) organization; organisation; forming

編班


编班

see styles
biān bān
    bian1 ban1
pien pan
to group students into classes; to divide people (staff members etc) into groups

署員

see styles
 shoin
    しょいん
staff member; station employee; official

聖杖

see styles
 seijou / sejo
    せいじょう
holy staff; sacred staff

聲杖


声杖

see styles
shēng zhàng
    sheng1 zhang4
sheng chang
 shōjō
The sounding or rattling staff, said to have been ordained by the Buddha to drive away crawling poisonous insects.

職工


职工

see styles
zhí gōng
    zhi2 gong1
chih kung
 shokkou / shokko
    しょっこう
employee; staff member; worker
(1) (sensitive word) (See 工員) factory worker; (2) (See 職人) craftsman; artisan

職杖

see styles
 shokujou / shokujo
    しょくじょう
mace; (ceremonial) staff

表方

see styles
 omotekata
    おもてかた
(See 裏方・1) theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher)

裁員


裁员

see styles
cái yuán
    cai2 yuan2
ts`ai yüan
    tsai yüan
to cut staff; to lay off employees

課員

see styles
 kain
    かいん
section staff

調度


调度

see styles
diào dù
    diao4 du4
tiao tu
 choudo / chodo
    ちょうど
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler
(1) household items; furniture; furnishings; fixtures; supplies; (2) (archaism) bow and arrow
To arrange, calculate, manage, especially relating to provision for material needs.

諮客


咨客

see styles
zī kè
    zi1 ke4
tzu k`o
    tzu ko
(service industry) reception staff

譜表


谱表

see styles
pǔ biǎo
    pu3 biao3
p`u piao
    pu piao
 fuhyou / fuhyo
    ふひょう
musical stave
{music} staff; stave; score

警策

see styles
jǐng cè
    jing3 ce4
ching ts`e
    ching tse
 keisaku; kyousaku; kouzaku; kyoushaku(ok) / kesaku; kyosaku; kozaku; kyoshaku(ok)
    けいさく; きょうさく; こうざく; きょうしゃく(ok)
(1) (abbreviation) (called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen) (See 警覚策励,座禅) Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); (2) (けいさく only) horsewhip
A switch to awaken sleepers during an assembly for meditation.

部内

see styles
 bunai
    ぶない
the staff; inside the department

部員

see styles
 buin
    ぶいん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) staff; member (club, society, etc.)

醫鬧


医闹

see styles
yī nào
    yi1 nao4
i nao
(neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff, by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation

金杖

see styles
jīn zhàng
    jin1 zhang4
chin chang
 konjō
The golden staff broken into eighteen pieces and the skirt similarly torn, seen in a dream by king Bimbisāra, prophetic of the eighteen divisions of Hīnayāna.

金棒

see styles
 kanabou / kanabo
    かなぼう
(1) metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar; (2) iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen); (place-name, surname) Kanabou

錫丈


锡丈

see styles
xí zhàng
    xi2 zhang4
hsi chang
 shakujō
khakkara, a monk's staff partly of metal, especially with metal rings for shaking to make announcement of one's presence, and also used for demon expulsion, etc.

鐵杖


铁杖

see styles
tiě zhàng
    tie3 zhang4
t`ieh chang
    tieh chang
steel staff; steel stick

陣容


阵容

see styles
zhèn róng
    zhen4 rong2
chen jung
 jinyou / jinyo
    じんよう
troop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc)
(1) battle formation; battle array; (2) lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff; team structure

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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