jpdb beta

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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arsenic (As)

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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wooden door

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possession; owning

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match (to light fire with)

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one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

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it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

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divine aid; divine grace; providential help

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one or two; a few; small number

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circumstances

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way of speaking; intimation

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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mast

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putting out the light; switching off the light

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country; Japan

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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flight; escape

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mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

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unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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confusion; panic

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small boat

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shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis

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wind of impermanence (that ends people lives, like the wind scattering a flower's petals)

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

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all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

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creed; doctrine; dogma

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

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merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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having weak legs; slow walker

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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flight; absconding

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

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Buddhist (household) altar

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person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime

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pain; agony; bitterness

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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language

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negotiation

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to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

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to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

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strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

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