jpdb beta

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

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head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters

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relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship

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memorial service for the dead; holding a service

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

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pious men and women; religious people; the faithful

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the whole mountain

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

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ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

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Yushimatenjin

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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holy priest; saint

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anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed

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deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

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last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

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market; fair

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event

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to feel relaxed; to be soothed

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consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

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feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

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carefully; with caution

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Sadashige

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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

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front gate

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pasture land; ranch

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit

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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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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

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ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

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approach to a bridge

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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pedestrian traffic

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Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)

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three years

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large fire

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long-sleeved kimono

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fire; conflagration

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neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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death by fire

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Manji era (1658.7.23-1661.4.25)

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to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

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bridge building; bridge; cross-linking

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motive; incentive; motif

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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