jpdb beta

first day of the month; the first of the month

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to invite; to show (someone) in

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entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty

3

decapitation; decapitated head

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the court; palace circles; palace floor

4

drawing one's sword

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looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

declarative statement

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); letter; character

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

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Kōrei

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congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life

2

rank of the emperor; imperial throne

1

horse-headed demon (in hell)

1

wage; recompense

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second line of a four-line Chinese poem

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sea; ocean; waters

1

nature; natural elements

1

flippant; frivolous; thoughtless; careless

1

dignity; majesty; dignified manner

2

sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

-ism (religion)

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NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)

1

public opinion

1

individually; separately

1

large hand drum

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

foolish; imbecile; feebleminded

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

Kōno

5

long

3

choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization

1

to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

1

emperor's seal

1

to leave government service; to resign from a public position; (lit.) to untie the ribbon

1

north face; north side; the north; facing north

1

back row; rear rank

1

a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects

2

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

treacherous retainer

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to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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minister; secretary; Shujing; The Book of Documents; Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department); Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)

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pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

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