jpdb beta

busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

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contribution; donation

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toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort

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salvation

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man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

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funeral Buddhism; modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment

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political measures; policy

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Konchiin

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Suuden

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Ieyasu

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Iemitsu

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three generations; three periods; third generation

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cooperation; collaboration

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

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top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...

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order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

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accounting; administration (of money)

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head temple; this temple

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branch temple

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pyramid

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(national) isolationism; isolation policy

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

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to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

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terauke system; system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith

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to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

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family register; census

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tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes

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family registry (of the district; Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo period census

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(religious) denomination; sect

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book; register

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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

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certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials

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permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass

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barrier; checkpoint; checking station

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inspection; examination; survey

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funeral

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participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

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without

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origin; beginning

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idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

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to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

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popular

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economic strength

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rapidly

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surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

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slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers

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