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prime minister (in ancient China)

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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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unification of the whole country

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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Gentoku

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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emperor (of Japan); mikado

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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signature

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subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

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name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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already; too late

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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be; is

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escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

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south

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(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

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soldier

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

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Xuzhou (China)

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to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

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vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

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