Vocabulary

certification that document copies are correct

arbitrated divorce; divorce by arbitration

legal case

divorce by (Family Court) arbitration

divorce by settlement

divorce by admission

admission by a defendant of the justice of a plaintiff's case; cognovit

divorce by decree

notification of moving out

(artist's) sketch pad

two-piece swimming suit (not bikini style)

poolside

double booking

chocolate cake

kiss scene; kissing scene

the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period

the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

the seven forms of Avalokitesvara

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Otani sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Kibe sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Yamamoto sect (of Shin Buddhism); Sangen sect

Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

Sanmonto sect (of Shin Buddhism)

intifada

Chinzei sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)

Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)

Shaolin kung fu

Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)

rebreather; provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycles exhaled gas

semiclosed system

closed circuit

closed circuit rebreather

semiclosed rebreather