jpdb beta

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

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

to wash away; to rinse off

1

pond

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

this area; around here

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

truth; real situation

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

1

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

1

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

1

(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

to bury; to embed; to implant

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after death

1

one month

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

2

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

2

counter for temples

2

(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

1

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

1

spring water; clear (pure) water

1

to gush forth

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

posthumous name; posthumous title

1

troubled times; turbulent times

1

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

2

sound of rainfall

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

2

lately; recently

1

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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usual state of things

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

1

huh?; what's up?

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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