jpdb beta

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

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sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

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weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

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Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

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riverbank; riverside

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going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping

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infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

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partly open; in half bloom

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resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

2

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

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talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

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new; fresh; novel

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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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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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innermost depths of one's heart

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

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and; although; but

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guide

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

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system

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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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setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

2

suited figure; person in a suit

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scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

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maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

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to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

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gloomy

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pretext; pretense; pretence

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one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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epidemic

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human

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to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

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if; in case; supposing

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to give one's life; to lay down one's life

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

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evil spirit

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