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magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

introductory text

superphylum

Chelicerata; suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs

anal stage

group of specialists; group of experts

three cannons

Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)

first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being

cosmetics store

Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)

entrance to a port; entrance to a harbour

internal division; back-office section; indirect department

Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)

Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)

gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

Xiamen (China); Amoy

thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)

ぼうもん only; Humble

my home

anorectal

Proverb; Buddhism

bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited

Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)

Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)

From Chinese 打開笑門福自來

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

Food, cooking

kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern