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Philosophy

Southwest school (of neo-Kantianism)

flowing west (e.g. of a river)

thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

Western Sahara

toilet in a Zen temple

Food, cooking

Saikyo miso; Kyoto-style sweet white miso esp. used for pickling fish

Buddhism

memorial rite involving the western sanctum

common juniper (Juniperus communis)

Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii); Iriomote horseshoe bat

western lands (China, India, etc.); the West

marine west coast climate

European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear

western edge; west margin

east-to-west sea route

horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil

westward advance

silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)

medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica

distinguished Western philosopher; great Western thinker

Abbreviation

Western philosophy

Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

Western carrot cultivars

Western classical studies; classics