jpdb beta

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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stairs; stairway; staircase

3

path; lane

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to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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local residents

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complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

4

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

4

confections; sweets; candy; cake

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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cooked rice; meal

1

Shinto shrine

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous

1

peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)

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public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord

1

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

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Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

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study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

prayer; supplication

1

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

3

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

4

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

5

slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

1

prayer (for something); supplication

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abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

2

peace; harmony

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be; is

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family

2

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

3

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

4

struggle for existence

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2

many thousands

1

descendant; progeny; offspring

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

4

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

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uh-huh; sniff-sniff

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)

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transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully

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