jpdb beta

history

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godfather; sponsor; church fathers

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praise; glorification; extolment

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by (means of); with

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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(together) with; -wide; including

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turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

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firm; strong; solid; stable

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brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

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extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart

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feebleness; weakness; weak

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constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor

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secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

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ibid.; the above-mentioned publication

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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often; frequently

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gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

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admiration; praise; prizing; appreciation

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

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be; is

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outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian

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to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

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God

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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this

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contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden

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magistrate; shogunate administrator

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