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A: We had two three-day weekends recently. So, did you and your husband do anything fun or exciting?
B: Well, we visited my father's grave at the cemetery and cleaned the gravestone, offered a couple wands of sakaki, and offered prayers.
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- sakaki: an evergreen tree with broad waxy leaves found in Japan, Korea, and China.
- visit my family's plot (一族の墓所) at the local cemetery (地元の墓地)
- visit my ancestor's (先祖の；祖先の) grave (墓) at a cemetery (墓所)
- offer incense (線香をあげる)
- visit the grave and clean the gravestone (墓石)
- offer two wands of sakaki as a part of a Shinto ritual (神道式)
- 2 bows, 2 claps, and then 1 bow as part of a Shinto ritual (二礼二拍手一礼の神道形式をとる)
- お彼岸: weeks of the vernal and autumn equinox days
- マイペースで勉強して下さい： Please take your time studying.
- Please let me take my time studying.
- Don't rush me. Let me do it at my own pace.
- Don't slow me down. Let me do it at my own pace.
- Please study at your own pace.
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