jpdb beta

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

3

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

2

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

to agree

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you could say that

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

3

imprudence; quick temper

1

actually; really

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

2

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; not knowing what to do with oneself

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

3

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

5

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly

1

over-fond parent; doting parent

2

has reached its limit; has reached its peak

1

(one's) late mother

1

sixth anniversary of a death

3

16th anniversary of one's death

4

memorial service

2

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

bitter enemy

2

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

12

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

2

to draw near

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

3

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

3

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

2

young lord; successor of one's current lord

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

3

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

1

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

1

patronage; protection

2

history

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

2

vidya (wisdom); mantra; the coming (July 4, etc.)

2

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

portrait

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

4

posterity; future life; life to come

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

memorial tower

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inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

1

waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

2

overall finish; mop-up

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