jpdb beta

handy method; shortcut; expedient

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ebony

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old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood

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eaves; edge of the eaves

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

2

tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy

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Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

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to pile up; to accumulate

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creed; doctrine; dogma

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language; speech

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atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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five and seven-syllable meter

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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out of tune; (poetic) broken meter

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artistry; good taste; elegance; grace

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bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid

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to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)

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high and low (social standing)

3

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

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turning point

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soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

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orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

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to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)

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the four seasons

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change (e.g. season)

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return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression

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short spring night

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spring breeze

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glossy; bright; slick

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027)

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power; influence

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to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

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Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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history of one's love affairs

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gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

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many people; a large number of people

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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imperial family; royalty

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

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beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

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sensuality; lechery

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to age; to grow old

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

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