jpdb beta

(taking a) bath; hot spring cure

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one's family; family member

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getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

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frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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recovery; convalescence

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Kume

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bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree

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Tadaharu

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to lose one's eyesight

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vast; calm

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beautiful; gorgeous

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to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

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adorning (a Buddhist statue)

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aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

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to face; to confront; to be opposite to

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match; game; bout; contest

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from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

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easy; simple; plain

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easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

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immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

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excuse; explanation

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sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort

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consolatory look; comforting look

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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to make; to manufacture

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to acquire knowledge

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)

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printed book

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original text; source book; draft

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normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

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Chikage

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brief explanation

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friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

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calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

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Kenji

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printing type; movable type; printed text; print

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history; career

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book printed from woodblocks

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letter by letter; character by character

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to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

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wood-block printing; wood engraving

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carving; engraving; chiselled features

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Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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