jpdb beta

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

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heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

3

rain and wind; driving rain

1

romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story

4

to sell

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

2

straightness

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square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

2

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

6

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

3

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

3

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

3

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia

5

to haunt to death; to possess and kill

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

1

relative; relation

1

elderly priest

3

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

2

koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

anecdote; common talk

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

in addition

1

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

1

the two; both

2

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

3

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

3

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

3

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)

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famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

1

one-eyed

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

4

great person; eminent figure

1

like; as if; the same as

2

rather than

3

everything; anything; nothing

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Kamakura (city)

7

spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

3

Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

2

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

effect; result; worth; use; avail

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