jpdb beta

to be pressed (by urgent business); to be under great pressure (to act); to be under the gun

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reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

1

to keep running

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

3

taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life

1

funeral; funeral service

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

3

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

yen (currency of Japan); circle

1

Buddhist memorial service

1

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

1

this company; this firm; this shrine

1

guarantee; security; assurance; warranty

1

cancer

1

(doing) together

1

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

1

L size; large size

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

1

undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge

1

to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of

2

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

scary

3

morning; breakfast

3

in this way; like this

1

sentiments; passions

1

jealousy; envy

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

4

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

1

spider's thread; spider silk

3

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately

2

to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

1

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

spirit; determination; pluck; mettle

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

3

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

2

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

to shine; to glitter

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Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

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help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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double (two-leaf) door

2

door; gate; opening; title page

7

to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open

1

process; course; mechanism

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