jpdb beta

duality; binary (system)

11

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

decision; judgment; resolution

1

fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute

2

oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

2

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

1

the most extreme

1

scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

1

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

1

eternity

3

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

1

ancient practices; old customs

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

grief; lamentation

1

omniscience (of a buddha)

1

clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

nonexistence or existence; absence or presence

2

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

1

praise; admiration; extolling

1

to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

all things; all creation

1

this world; this life

7

birth and death

1

limit; bound

2

finite; limited

1

folly; fool

1

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

1

Motohara

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

9

to face each other; to be opposite (to)

3

logic

4

infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact

1

single element; unitary; one era; one unknown

1

Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest

1

karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands

4

spade; plough; plow

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan)

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

1

to play (a stringed instrument)

1

settlement; solution; resolution

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

4

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)

2

how; in what way; how about

2