jpdb beta

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

walking; going on foot

3

insertion; incorporation; infixing

1

second term; second stage

2

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

1

based on; on the basis of

2

manufacturer; producer

2

powerful person; influential person

1

fourth

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Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)

2

tortoise-shell divination

10

address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

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quotation; citation; reference

6

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

9

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

7

imperial decree; imperial edict

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annotation; explanatory note; comment

2

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

6

also known as; also called

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success

2

oral instruction or teaching or method

3

united into one

1

Tianjin (China)

1

counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

2

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

2

occupational ability; function; role

1

since when; from when; how long

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

5

protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

2

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

7

deification

2

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)

5

another thing; other things; another man's property

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

3

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

2

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat

1

public holiday; celebration (of)

4

official duties; office; function

6

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

7

spell; curse; dharani; mantra

20

performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)

8

branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

1

evening sun; setting sun

2

morning sun

2

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

bamboo grove

2

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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