jpdb beta

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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in the prefecture; prefectural

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eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

2

building a fire

3

outward appearance

1

to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine

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private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

1

sampling food; tasting; trying

1

rice ball

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red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

1

adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

1

year's end

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

2

Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (arch.) Jupiter (planet)

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to be prolonged; to drag on

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

2

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

2

kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)

1

to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

2

gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.)

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Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

2

nowadays; in this day and age

1

surely; certainly

1

furthermore; even more

2

New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

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New Year's Day

1

congratulations

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retainer; subject; vassal; servant

1

imperial decree; imperial edict

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

10

imperial order; imperial decree

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(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine

2

the heavens

3

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

4

ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

1

supreme deity

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necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman

1

Imperial throne

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throne

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(imperial) reign; period

1

enthronement ceremony; coronation

2

accession to the throne; enthronement

4

wheat bran

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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