jpdb beta

preface; foreword; introduction

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prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)

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obedience; submission; resignation

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to crawl on one's stomach; to lie on one's stomach

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to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

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ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

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under a tree

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

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dislike; detestation

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(United States of) America; USA

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Kami

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Italy

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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Ten'an era (857.2.21-859.4.15)

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riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

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to chant (a noh text)

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innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet

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Sodefuriyama

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fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.)

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Hisatoki

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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Daphne pseudomezereum (daphne shrub species)

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three-stringed guitar

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vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

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fences within fences

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coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined

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ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu

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becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

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independence; self-reliance

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unicellular organism; single-celled organism

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stray bullet

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house search; search of the premises

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embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

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minor injury

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one revolution; one rotation

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five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)

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profound; weighty; deep; serious; grave

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deletion; removal; elimination; erasure; cancellation; revocation

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wish; desire

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clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)

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class representative; head of class

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hair whorl

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light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword

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to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

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fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

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