jpdb beta

chief priest

3

ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood

2

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

2

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

3

working away from home

1

to happen to hear; to overhear

2

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

4

very easily

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

2

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

canvas; base

1

fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)

1

very interesting; of great interest

4

lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

1

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1

the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields

1

vanguard; advance guard

2

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

2

head; lead; vanguard; first

3

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

appearance; outward show

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

1

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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offering

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rest; break; recess; intermission

3

beforehand; in advance; previously

4

skewered dango

1

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

to burst open; to pop; to split

1

shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

1

intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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to parade; to march; to walk in procession

2

empty stomach; hunger

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merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree

2

to hit something aimed at (maliciously); to hit a prize (lottery, etc.)

1

camp stool; folding stool

2

drone (bee)

1

marble; glass marble

2

carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate

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