jpdb beta

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

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participant; entrant

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

4

to get in touch with

3

independent action; acting alone

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

3

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

3

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

1

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

3

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

Chinese paper

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jūbako; multi-tiered food box

9

square; rectangular

3

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

3

not only

1

murder; killing; murderer

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to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

3

to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

2

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

2

copper saucepan; copper pot

2

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

earthenware pot

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

3

Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)

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purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

3

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

mind and body

1

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

1

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

2

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser

1

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

2

moan; groan; groaning

2

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

bark; howl; roar; bellow

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

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