jpdb beta

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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similar to; like

4

rising diagonally up and to the right; growing; expanding; soaring

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

to compare with the eye

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magistrate; shogunate administrator

4

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

2

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2

to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)

1

exceedingly; very

2

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

5

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

4

surely; certainly

1

abatement; reduction

1

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

2

remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation

1

to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

1

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

2

best; ideal; perfect

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

2

behavior; behaviour

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call; invitation

4

uncle

4

execution

11

hope; wish; aspiration

7

deep emotion; being filled with emotion

1

attendant; companion

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

3

showing one's face in public; facing another person

2

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

then; well then; if so

5

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

3

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

1

to this extent; to this degree; this much

3

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

4

to shake; to waver; to tremble

2

loyalty and filial piety

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

7

to talk together

1

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

1

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1