jpdb beta

sake (implied to be low-grade)

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to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap

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very loose; slowly; leisurely

3

large cup

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

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white (bleached) bone; skeleton

3

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; converting people to Buddhism

4

penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

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-ism (religion)

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abstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation

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to come to (a serious state); to reach

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2

silly monk; foolish monk; I; me

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you (plural)

4

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment

1

one's troops

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party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit

1

to retighten

2

good policy; wise policy; best plan

1

broad daylight

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

2

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

puppet show

1

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily

2

exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

1

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

2

to get warm; to become warm

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sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi

3

peek; peeping; peeking

1

cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook

2

indeed; really; truly; very much

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

to alternate; to take turns

1

best pupil; leading disciple

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

2

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

2

key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style

4

known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture

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graceful; beautiful

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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in the capital; in Tokyo; Western Tokyo; areas of Tokyo outside the 23 wards, esp. the Tama area

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