jpdb beta

imperial garments

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

2

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

10

adherence; sticking (to); fixation

2

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

11

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

3

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

4

idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

4

to tie a string

1

reason; logic; method; system; order

8

sisters; female siblings

1

brothers; male siblings

1

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine

2

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

the current ...; this; today's ...

4

bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest

7

alliance and rupture; meeting and parting

4

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

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one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

3

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

3

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

private expense

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

3

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

6

outside world; physical world

13

information; experience; knowledge; observation

10

escape; excelling; prominence

3

to shed light; to cast light

1

honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere

1

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

2

luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright

2

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

3

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

2

monster

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feminine; effeminate

1

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

1

difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia

1

floating

5

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

8

will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus

1

to have (someone) go ahead

2

to be born; to come into this world

2

baby

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

6

open; uncovered

1

body (of car); frame

1

(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge

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