jpdb beta

senility; dotage; decrepitude

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mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō

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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

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person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable

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graciously; respectfully

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shallow; superficial

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ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

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never mind!; don't worry about it

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regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

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resultant; consequential

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

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idiotic; dolt; bonehead

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to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

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self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

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to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

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Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)

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Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)

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Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)

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situated deep in the mountains

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womb

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to crawl out of; to creep out of

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to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed

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mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition

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to shed tears; to be moved to tears

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cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

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offender; criminal

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fate; destiny

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to fall asleep

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced

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repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

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having a dream

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thought; idea; conception

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to crawl towards; to creep up to

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manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (lit.) (meeting) Buddha in hell

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sleepiness; drowsiness

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France

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sprint; dash; scampering

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk

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