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| Bakufu |
幕府 |
a shogunate; government of shogun |
| Bangasa |
番傘 |
an oil paper umbrella |
| Bansho |
番所 |
a guardhouse; watchhouse in the Edo period |
| Bettō |
別当 |
a chief administrator; head of temple |
| Binzuru |
賓頭盧 |
Pindola Bharadvaja, one of Shakyamuni Buddha's disciples and famous for his "lion's roar" or the ability to kingly preach Buddha teachings to people; same as Pinzuru |
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Bishamon |
毘沙門天 |
Vaishravana (Great Hearer) (Also called Tamon-ten and one of the Four Heavenly Kings; protectors of Buddhism; protects the north) |
| Bosatsu |
菩薩 |
a bodhisattva (an enlightened one striving to guide people to liberation using their acquired wisdom and compassion and eventually determined to become a buddha) |
| Botan |
牡丹 |
peony (flower) |
| Bukkaku |
仏閣 |
a Buddhist temple |
| Bukkyō |
仏教 |
Buddhism |
| Bushō |
武将 |
a warrior commander |
| Busshari |
仏舎利 |
the Buddha's relics |
