jpdb beta

to become clear; to be made public

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fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch

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(all) together

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particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

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to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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to keep secret; to conceal

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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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wooden door

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possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)

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match (for lighting a fire)

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one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together

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to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting

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to overflow from something full

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dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

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divine aid; divine grace; providential help

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one or two; a few; small number

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circumstances

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way of speaking; intimation

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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masthead (top of a mast)

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country; Japan

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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flight; escape

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mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

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unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

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small boat

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shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis

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wind of impermanence (that ends people lives, like the wind scattering a flower's petals)

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

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all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of a country; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

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creed; doctrine; dogma

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

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merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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having weak legs; slow walker

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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flight; absconding

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

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grandchild

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Buddhist (household) altar

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person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime

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pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

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language

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to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

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