jpdb beta

omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

1

according to (someone)

3

ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price

1

also known as; also called

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

1

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

6

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

1

ten; 10; ten years of age

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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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2.44 miles

3

posterity; future life; life to come

2

thirty; 30

4

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

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literally; to the letter; literal

2

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

22

distant seas

1

superb (view, landscape)

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

2

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

5

nihility; nothingness

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

actually; really

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Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era

5

Go Toba

6

gambling den; gambling house

2

cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk

4

Houjou Yoshitoki (1163-1224)

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

3

male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman

3

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

8

18; eighteen

2

(period of) a year; during an era

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

4

imprisonment; captive; prisoner

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

3

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

3

open sea; Okinawa

15

logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

2

wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension

1

carefully; with caution

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sad sound; plaintive melody

2

one tanka; one poem

2

islanders

1

lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up

2

verse

2

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

2

100; hundred

3

ten years; decade

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