jpdb beta

address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

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ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

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that; he; she; that person

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descendant; scion

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to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

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to give; to do ...

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complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled

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ladder (in go)

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

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book of secrets

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manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying

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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

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various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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consists of; comprises; is made up of

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posterity; future life; life to come

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extending (e.g. a book); augmenting; enlarging; supplementing

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place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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editor; compiler

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(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

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to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

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being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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entreaty to a deity

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choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

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thought

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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to become dim; to become blurred

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years; time

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dispersing; vanishing

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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telecommunications; correspondence

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wooden box; wooden crate

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free translation; liberal translation

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

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precedent

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to try all possible means

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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to put into effect; to put into practice

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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