jpdb beta

speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

1

(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

2

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1

house of a prince of the blood

1

even; but; however

1

at a young age; while still young

1

elbow

1

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

1

this mountain; this temple

1

to go; to come

3

softly; gently; lightly

1

twitching

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

2

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

1

to let out a cry; to break forth

1

to bubble over; to boil over

1

quickly; calmly; intently

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

to become fraught with emotion

1

several tens

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to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

4

like that; so

1

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

3

rightly or wrongly; by all possible means

1

practice writing with a brush; study; learning

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

Buddha's providence

4

to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

1

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

2

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

day and night; around the clock; always; constantly

1

hard to get; hard to come by

1

to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

1

parting; farewell

1

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

1

while crying; in tears

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings

1

the Four Books (Confucian texts)

2

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

1

memory; sense; experience

1

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

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