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fool

Africa

Amitabha (Buddha)

Netherlands

cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

timeserving

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

to sell out to the masses

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

prostitution of learning

first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

ingratiation

father

mother

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)

Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

to flatter

Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)

first Sanskrit alphabet letter

ending up right back where one started

stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo-period punishment)

large broad bean

Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)

Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)

fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet

Maitreya (bodhisattva)

elder brother

stupid chatter

opium

laudanum

gambir

Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)

an idiot will swallow anything

Okuni kabuki

common loon (Gavia immer)

abukumalite

chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)

Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)

Asura realm

Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

ingratiation

anilite

isolated place

Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

Anan National College of Technology

ridiculous

total idiot

fool

Asura

Sukhavati sutra

Avici (lowest level of hell)

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity

only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once

Namu Amida Butsu

excessive flattery

uncle (one's father's younger brother)

Amitabha triad

opium den

Algeria

African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

Amitabha

agonizing cries

Macao

father-in-law (of a woman)

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

Amitabha Tathagata

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

ghostleg lottery

to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

arhat

abhidharma

Alibaba

greedy

umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer)

Om

a number so great it can never be counted to

high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils)

donkey hide gelatin

calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)

Agni (Vedic god of fire)

flattery

fool

bitch

poppy

flattery

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise

a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)

cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)