jpdb beta

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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south

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nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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pity; sorrow; grief; misery

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Tachisawa

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sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)

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previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire

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importance; emphasis; stress

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to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

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murder; murderer

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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drawn sword; naked sword

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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curvature; warp; bend

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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Japanese garden juniper; dwarf Japanese garden juniper; Juniperus procumbens; J. chinensis var. procumbens

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shaking; swaying

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small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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salty sea breeze; salt wind

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tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last

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starry night

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dawn

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

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peak; mountain

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portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

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moonlight; moon; moonbeams

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Ushiwaka

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flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering

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hometown; rural township (of China)

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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rust

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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whetstone; grindstone

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary

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one's former master

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low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)

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