jpdb beta

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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to sit; to squat; to be implicated

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to rise up; to initiate (political) action

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fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person

2

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

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how; why

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a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a

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you (plural)

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scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

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Huainanzi (ancient Chinese collection of essays)

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Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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sheep (Ovis aries)

5

left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

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Toyo

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notes; comment; remark; annotation

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Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

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a water god

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Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record

5

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

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disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

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Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

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god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)

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Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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urine

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public opinion; public eye; discerning eye; an eye (for sth); perspective; way of looking at things

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

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independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

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counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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august; beautiful

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normal state (condition)

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discomfort

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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mountain demon

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Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)

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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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plants; medicinal herbs

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Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

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king; monarch; ruler; champion

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viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

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rivers

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counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

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(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

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tooth

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