Never stick them upright into your bowl of rice or other food as this is an old Japanese custom for offering food, especially rice, to the dead.

切不要把筷子直插在饭碗里或其他的食品上，因为根据日本的古老风俗，这是给死者的奉献祭品，特别是米饭。

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He had a surprising ability to see beyond the grim present to better days — especially for someone who famously noted that "in the long run we are all dead."

他具备惊人的能力，可以越过低迷的现状看到美好的未来——尤其他的一句名言即是”从长远来看，我们都死了。

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The doctrine of man's consciousness in death, especially the belief that spirits of the dead return to minister to the living, has prepared the way for modern spiritualism.

人死后仍有知觉的教义，尤其是死人的灵魂会回来为活着的人服务的观念，为现代招魂术铺平了道路。

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