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metaphysical

2

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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paradoxical

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passive

2

main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist

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precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

sore; erosion; ulceration; corruption; dissipation; becoming degenerate

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Nishida Kitarou (1870.6.17-1945.6.7)

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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active

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manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

5

meditation; contemplation

3

person of common sense; common sense man

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by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

fateful; predestined

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mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective

3

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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illogicality

2

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

3

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

in terms of; from the point of view of

2

everywhere; at every turn

1

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

4

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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convenient; handy; useful

3

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

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(social) position; status

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historical materialism

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centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive

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standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

2

complex

4

creation; generation; formation; derivation

2

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

3

to hide; to conceal

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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change; transformation; inversion

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(it was) not until; (it was) only when

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furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

to return; to come back

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classification

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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