jpdb beta

blessings; benefits (of modern civilization, civilisation)

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spirit of dependence

1

to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)

2

settlement; solution; resolution

3

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

3

doubling

1

various difficulties

1

dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land

2

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

12

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

complicated and mysterious

1

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

3

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

cause; origin; source

1

for one thing ...

3

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

along

1

coming into close contact and being influenced by

1

new car

1

chaff and bran; plain food; (arch.) worthless thing; (arch.) trifle

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

14

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)

1

Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)

1

noodles made from regular flour and horse chestnut flour

1

Kamakura (city)

1

to die

1

life and death

2

unruly horse; unmanageable horse; unbroken horse

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

general; shogun

4

crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

to loiter (on the way); to waste time

1

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

3

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

8

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

1

these days; nowadays; recently

1

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

19

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

13

(medical) doctor; physician

4

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

1

social standing; wealth

1