jpdb beta

meaning; significance; sense

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world; society; people; the public

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

to be smeared; to be covered

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

thread; yarn; string

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

1

pilgrim's staff

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims)

1

heartening; reassuring

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

chimes; toll of a bell

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

eye color; eye colour

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

1

amen; hail

2

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

2

Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)

2

wave; ups and downs

2

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

2

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

1

bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

4

svāhā; well said; so be it

1

Heart Sutra

1

eighty; 80

1

eight; 8

1

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to have; to possess

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

spiritual awakening; resolution

2

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

2

Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

3

nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha

1

Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

1

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

1

to finish; to graduate

2

at times; occasionally

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

1

feeling; mood

1

truth; reality

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

3

I see; that's right; indeed

3