jpdb beta

mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)

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extremely; very

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Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

3

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

2

prosperous person; powerful person

2

mortality

2

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

short spring night

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

anywhere

1

opening a book; opening (part) of a book

1

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

3

falsehood; lie

1

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

1

impression

1

keen; acute; heartfelt

1

sentiment; sentimentality

1

plainly; clearly; vividly

1

verse

1

wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

1

Mukamae

1

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

2

to look around; to survey

1

recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going

1

privilege; special right

8

God and man; heaven and man

4

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

1

instinct

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

4

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

3

grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

9

mimicry; imitation

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

4

natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent

1

Buddhist scriptures; sutras

4

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

6

various kinds

1

festival

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

4

small number; few; minority

1

priest's black robe

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

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