jpdb beta

portable brazier

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

1

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

3

sedge-woven (bamboo) hat

2

strict; stern

1

crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

1

fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

2

year end

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

2

this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world

1

profit; earnings

6

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

every other; second; alternate

1

justifiable; warranted; reasonable

1

dream

9

to go around

1

still; even now

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

2

on the brink of; morning and evening; day and night

2

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

travelling alone; solitary journey

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

one's long-cherished desire

1

settlement; permanent residency

1

everything

1

each; every

2

Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji

1

inn

2

point of view

1

altogether; entirely

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

2

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

something; what; why; how

1

to run about; to rush about

1

end; conclusion

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

2

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

3

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

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after death

1

many; numerous

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

page

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white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

2

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

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