jpdb beta

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

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red-lacquered gate

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scenic; beautiful; picturesque

1

to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity

1

Hirado

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Buddhism

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church; cathedral; chapel

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to build; to construct

2

altar

1

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

2

song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn

1

morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly

1

chimes; toll of a bell

2

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

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missionary

2

guardian; mentor; protector

1

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

3

lacking a chief priest (of a temple); temple without a chief priest; being uninhabited; being vacant; non-attachment

2

identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly

2

residence; living (at, in); abode

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

2

guard; watchman

2

to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root

1

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

3

in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple

1

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

2

to dream (of)

2

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

2

cooked rice; something one never grows tired of

1

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

Ooeyama

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

everyone; one and all

1

carpet; rug; runner

1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

2

candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)

2

that's the way it is; such is life

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action)

2

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

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(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless

1

cancellation; abandonment

1

each and every; all

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frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments

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flattery; sycophancy; adulation

2

to relate at great length; to dwell eloquently (on)

2

heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat

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saliva; spit; spittle

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