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Organization name

Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum

Historical term

secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

Rare term

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

Obsolete term

stubborn; persistent

Rare term

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

Rare term

fixed idea; idée fixe; obsession; fixation

Rare term

innate idea; innate ideas

Rare term

acquired idea (as opposed to innate); acquired ideas

'taru' adjective

silent rumination; quiet thought

careful and thorough person

ねんじゃ only

older male in an homosexual relationship

male homosexual relations; homosexual male partner

assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest)

older male in an homosexual relationship

affection; strong feeling of love