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ざぜん
座禅
んで
こころ
ます

I sit in Zen meditation and clear my mind.
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Words
to sit in Zen meditation  (see also: 座禅)
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'su' godan verb, expression
to clear the mind of distracting thoughts and concentrate; to think calmly
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Kanji
ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
ゼン    Zen   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
ソ   く to join forces, put together   くみ    -ぐみ class(es), set(s)   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シ   いと thread   
シン   こころ heart   
チョウ   す to become clear   すます to make clear    
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トウ   ト   のぼ to climb   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
hairy legs
スイ   みず water   
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