jpdb beta

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

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karuna (compassion)

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the four seasons

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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portrait

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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17; seventeen

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to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

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to live long; to survive

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precarious situation; precarious state

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overlap

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded

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to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

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every night; nightly

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family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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leaving (fleeing) the capital

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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Tadanori

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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artistic and literary circles

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moving tale; impressive tale

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too much; excessive; too

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famous; fame

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)

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Kiyomori (shogun)

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bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

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

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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immense physical strength

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quick work; (clever) feat

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bravery; prowess

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military man

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one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

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poet (of tanka poems)

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Kiso Yoshinaka

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(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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Kyoto

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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under cover of night

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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