jpdb beta

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)

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staff with plaited paper streamers

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(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine

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layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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eighty; 80

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Kashimomura

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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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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land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)

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black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

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strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo

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to reach an impasse; to come to a standstill; to be deadlocked; to make no progress

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further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

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just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

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to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

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compilation of a history

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to come from; to have roots in

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focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of

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leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)

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Kamo no Mabuchi (1697-1769)

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mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

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wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

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dream; vision; reverie

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forte; strong point

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reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days

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national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation

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discovery; detection; finding

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy

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to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

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the times; an age; a day and age

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delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in

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to be conceited

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exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines

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to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

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(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

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