jpdb beta

beginning; outset; first; onset

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graveyard

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counter for temples

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deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

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gravesite; tomb

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

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history; pedigree; lineage

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Imperial Court

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originally; by nature; from the start

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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was

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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you; I; me; oneself

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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way; method; means

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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to go along; to walk along; to follow

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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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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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bottom; sole

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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if I (we, etc.) could

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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like; as if; the same as

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chief retainer; daimyo's minister

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to live through; to survive

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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woman; girl

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity

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to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)

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forevermore; for eternity

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coward; dastard

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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