jpdb beta

one's life

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to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

2

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

to redeem (from sin); to save

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strict; stern

2

to choose; to select

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

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to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

successively; one after another

1

counter for books; volume

2

open sea; Okinawa

1

private records or documents

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

2

to begin

3

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

1

Central Asia

1

to dig out; to pick up

1

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

condensed milk; Soviet Union

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose

1

east

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preface; foreword; introduction

5

to do by the use of

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

1

origin; main branch of family

1

conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

1

home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning

1

nowadays; these days; at present

1

translation

1

hard to read; illegible

2

diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording

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grammar

2

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

4

effect; virtue; efficacy; one's dominant eye

2

publication

6

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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rather than

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south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles

2

Ejou

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Mazu Daoyi; Ma-tsu Tao-yi (709-788)

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completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

4

zendo (Zen meditation hall)

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

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