jpdb beta

to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

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white feather

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

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delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

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wandering; rambling; roaming

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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lamb

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Essaim (satellite)

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to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

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grimoire; manual of black magic; book of magic and spells

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old style; ancient rites

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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the four seasons

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rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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novel; original; new; innovative

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(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

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individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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to survive

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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a bit more; a bit longer

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short; brief

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early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)

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mankind; humanity

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word game; wordplay; playing with words

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great mistake

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to assist; to help out

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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soy sauce; shoyu

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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divine; sublime; solemn

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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expression; phraseology

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to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

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actually; really

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textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

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fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

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basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

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everything; anything; nothing

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

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only; nothing but

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feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

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new; fresh; novel

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putting into operation; invocation

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