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震災記念日

しんさいきねんび
anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake
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旨念

しねん
thought
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失念

しつねん
forgetting; lapse of memory; oblivion
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念誦

ねんじゅ
invocation
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馬の耳に念仏

exp
うまのみみにねんぶつ
not heeding what others say; in one ear and out the other; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
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無想無念

むそうむねん
being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts
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上位概念

じょういがいねん
high level concept; superordinate concept; broader term
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初一念

しょいちねん
original intention
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朴念仁

ぼくねんじん
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
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放念

ほうねん
setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)