jpdb beta

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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Shinto shrine

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corner; remote country place

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Okiya

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hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

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Ashiya

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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sincere; earnest; serious

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

4

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

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cough; coughing; tussis

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

mouth of river; estuary

6

temple lacking a priest

2

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

3

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

4

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

2

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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tenth day of the month; ten days

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immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

7

to sit down; to take a seat

4

rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade

2

outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics)

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approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

4

distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

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gentle; quiet; demure; sober; mild-mannered; meek

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frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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to visit repeatedly (to request)

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hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

3

faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness

9

eighth day of the month; eight days

2

rainstorm; storm

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storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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cold water; cold sake; cold; cool

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to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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gallant; dashing; smart

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strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid

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unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono

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unlined kimono

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wide sleeve

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traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat

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