jpdb beta

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

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correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

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concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

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the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

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both people; two people; two directions; both directions

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Virupaksa (Buddhist deity)

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Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)

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brushwood; firewood

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology

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near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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history

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)

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holy priest; saint

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

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a baby's first bath

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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carving; engraving; sculpture

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wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

2

impossible

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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again; once more; a second time

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time; years

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east, west, south and north

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west

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to rule; to govern; to administer

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sacred beast

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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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south

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Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix

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blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

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you (plural); all of you; you all

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such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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