jpdb beta

sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan

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spiritual awakening; resolution

4

to want; to desire

4

Buddhism; Buddhist teachings

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

4

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

4

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

1

widow

2

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

1

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

crowd; throng

3

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

5

sound of many footsteps

2

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

2

to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

3

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

2

Yousai

2

military man

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men's hairstyle with small sideburns and a wide forehead (Edo period)

1

abrupt; sudden

1

slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

7

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

3

engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably

1

stable; barn

1

delicious; appetizing; appetising

1

Kisanta

1

grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

2

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

2

(wind or human-powered) warship

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

Japan's best; number one in Japan

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master; expert

3

overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

5

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

4

forehead; brow

2

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

1

totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up

1

strong; hard; manly

4

outstanding; excellent; remarkable

1

in comparison

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)

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