jpdb beta

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

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Otani sect of Shinshu

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private university

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student hostel; dormitory (e.g. for factory workers)

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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Shin Buddhism

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the same; the said; likewise

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renaming; retitling

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

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university (operated under post-war guidelines)

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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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kitchen

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Kyoutoshishimogyouku

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secondary residence; vacation home; villa

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Chinese (language)

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hereditary; congenital

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curve; bend; crook

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part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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in the future; another day; later

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profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

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good opportunity; chance

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thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

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merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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Brahman; Brahma; Brahma; Hindu creator god; Sanskrit

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reading aloud; recitation; intoning

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various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse

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good deeds; charity

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three kinds; three varieties

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avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

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dosa (ill will, antipathy); irateness; anger

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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middle period; medium-term

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Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

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Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

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to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

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human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world

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descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

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medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State

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Shigenori

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one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

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Fujiwara No Michinori (1106?-1160.1.23)

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Emperor Takakura; Takakura Tenno (1161-1181 CE, reigning: 1168-1180 CE)

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