jpdb beta

persecution; oppression

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religious persecution

1

(political) power; authority; influence

2

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

3

unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

2

stagnation; hindrance; delay

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

2

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

2

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

2

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

1

true meaning; true significance

1

village; hamlet; settlement

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

9

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

4

open; spacious; extensive

3

cultivated fields; countryside

4

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

4

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

6

hill

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to turn one's back to

1

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

5

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

11

Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)

14

plain; moor; prairie

8

view; outlook; prospect

1

spacious country

4

this area; around here

5

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

1

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)

2

watching from afar

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(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields

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