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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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outline; summary; gist; in brief

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to state; to express; to mention

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(social) class; rank; grade

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

2

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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debate; discussion

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty

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four o'clock

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train; railway train

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entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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long time; long interval; for quite some time

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feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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the person heretofore mentioned; that person

2

moon; month

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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

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occurring naturally (without human influence)

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wintering; passing the winter

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food

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

2

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

2

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

2

to finish reading; to read through

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to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

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Confucius

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sophist

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group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)

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hermit; recluse

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

6

we

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

3

to need; to call for; to require

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Satou Masaaki (1905.12.12-1975.11.1)

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father

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Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics

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landlord; landlady

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former years; formerly; a few years ago

1

number of years

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to die

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

3

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

2

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

2

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

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