jpdb beta

to throw at; to turn; to raise

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power of Buddhism

6

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

15; fifteen

3

item; commodity; list of articles

2

Nara period (710-794 CE)

3

Heian period (794-1185)

3

early (days); initial stage; initial

5

(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

following year

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

2

capital; metropolis; old Kyoto

1

police superintendent

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high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

from now on; hereafter

1

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

5

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

be; is

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sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

1

fame; reputation; renown

1

ladder (in go)

1

book; volume

1

noted priest; celebrated priest

1

Huainan City

1

inlet; bay

1

left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

1

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2

to excel; to surpass

3

handing down the precepts

2

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

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and (also); both ... and; as well as

2

detailed commentary; explanation; annotation; memorial to the throne (esp. itemized)

14

to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

4

number of times

4

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

2

relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity

1

I'll; let's; probably

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threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path

1

cube; third power

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

2

the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); all directions; everywhere

1

high and low class

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wealth and poverty; rich and poor

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

5

gradual decrease; gradual diminution

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decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

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