jpdb beta

tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck

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measurement from the center of the neck to the cuff; sleeve length and half the width across the shoulders

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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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marriage; matrimony

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hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam

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to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

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deity with extraordinary spiritual powers

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Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

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Mizunashi

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bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

2

purification; exorcism

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

2

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

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both extremes

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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change; transition; vicissitudes

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Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

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China; Chinese

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esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

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Hinduism

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image; idol; statue

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superstition; superstitious belief

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

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sect founder

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ardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor

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Amitabha

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nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

2

manly

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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villager; village folk; countryfolk

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divinity

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to die

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in name only; titular; nominal

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

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stone lantern

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mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

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longstalk holly (Ilex pedunculosa)

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to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live

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separation of church and state

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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level; just; peaceful

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optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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