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Proverb
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)
the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises)
secrets (of the art of war, etc.); mysteries
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice
gambling
(a) risk; gamble; venture; hazardous attempt
Idiomatic expression
beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn