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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 灌頂
 かんじょう
 かんちょう
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 Buddhist term
 baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
 Buddhist term
 baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
 Buddhist term
 pouring water onto a gravestone
 teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)