jpdb beta

to be in one's debt

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to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

3

temple; monk

4

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

3

alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

2

one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

4

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

nothing but; none other than

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all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

1

to abandon (ship)

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

US military base

1

specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

2

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

2

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

1

military style; army style

1

martial arts

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

1

hand-to-hand combat

1

devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

1

manager; landlord; warden; root (user)

2

great-grandfather

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

2

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)

1

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

1

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

1

to lose a closely fought contest

1

median line

1

karate practitioner

1

stone throwing

1

fond; (soup) stock

1

cry of a goose

1

tear-gas bomb

1

Qunu

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

café au lait

3

hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy

1

to shut in; to confine; to contain

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

armed struggle

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