jpdb beta

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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ancient times

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addition; increase; Canada

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so much; so; like that

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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why; how

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grave maintenance; grave keeper

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

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layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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nobody knows

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14; fourteen

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young priest; scamp

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guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

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to wander; to roam from place to place

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house; dwelling; human habitation

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eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

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sutra; Buddhist scriptures

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to invite; to show (someone) in

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incantation and prayer

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

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bare livelihood; subsistence

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aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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there is a tendency; there is a possibility

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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just one person; only one

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

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railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

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to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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spell; charm; incantation; magic word

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dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

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people

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to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

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to approach; to draw near

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chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

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to cite an example

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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