jpdb beta

people; men and women; each person; everybody

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to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

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as (somebody) says

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charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

olden days; former

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(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route

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Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

2

landowner; landlord; landlady

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to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

5

independence; autonomy; self-reliance

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(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

1

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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Shinto; Shintoism

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state religion

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

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syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)

1

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

1

the whole country

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

5

god of marriage; matchmaker

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Ookuninushi

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

marriage; marriage tie; love knot

1

(romantic) love

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine

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stone statue

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Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

2

named after; associated with; connected with

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