jpdb beta

rule; reign; peaceful times

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(within a) territory; domains

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)

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sins (which prevent entry into bliss)

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changing directions; turning around

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boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

1

half a lifetime

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world

1

to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

2

stock or supply of lumber

1

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō

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wrong course; evil course

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hanging scroll

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karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution

2

barren woman; sterile woman

1

Chinoikejigoku

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

1

hymns of praise in Japanese

1

main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

Buddhist temple

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Hayamu

1

mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

3

spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

rural female shaman; unlearned Zen practitioner

2

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

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

1

at a young age; while still young

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Kaison

2

to live long; to survive

1

first-hand account

1

projection

4

to regret

2

to have a child

1

deceased husband; late husband

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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Kiyoji

1

writing brush; writing; handwriting

1

heroine; female protagonist

2

and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that

1

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

3

survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

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Shinzaemon

1

way of speaking; profession

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passer-by; traveler; traveller

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