jpdb beta

wet nurse; nursing mother

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talkative person; gossip

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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perpetuity; eternity

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high-quality Japanese paper

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castella (type of sponge cake)

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to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

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florist; flower shop

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stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

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Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism

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to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

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three sides; small offering stand

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China

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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long way; distant place

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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visit to a grave

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objection

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate

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on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

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seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

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a Buddha; deceased person

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cemetery; graveyard

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moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

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tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes

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hawk; falcon

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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will; testament; last request

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name; given name; first name

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torii; Shinto shrine archway

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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(main building of a) Shinto shrine

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right side; right-hand side

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kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage

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ancient Shinto music and dancing

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six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū

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washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)

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washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple)

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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real thing; original; actual

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

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