jpdb beta

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

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title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren chant

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sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

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woodshed

4

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

though one didn't intend (expect) to

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wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

2

inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

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Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

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Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

3

follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer

1

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

3

to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep

1

sooner or later

1

shades of evening; dead of night

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

4

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

3

abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund

1

flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind

2

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

1

cemetery; graveyard

12

tombstone; gravestone

1

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

1

hedge; fence; border; limit

1

tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper

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to suspect

3

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

1

length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases

2

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

3

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

2

to tower

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large, bald-headed monster; giant; large, bald man; big baldy; large monk

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being startled

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

4

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

3

seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image

2

discouragement; disappointment

1

sitting calmly; sitting comfortably; sitting cross-legged; being at ease; being content

3

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

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incense smoke

2

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

2

incense stick

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quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)

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to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

3

desolate; dreary; bleak

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image; figure; figure; form; image

2

entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster

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