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obedience; submission; resignation

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

hemp cloth; linen

2

mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

7

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

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former years; formerly; a few years ago

3

(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

1

golden age

1

Foreign Minister

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

Houten

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Beijing (China); Peking

6

ticket (sleeping car)

1

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

one person's portion

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

2

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

10

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

Belgium

1

envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

2

imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill

1

bandit; rebel

2

nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless

1

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

3

general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

1

stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

1

lieutenant general; vice-admiral

1

lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)

1

palace

1

secret; mystery

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

a number of days

1

once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old

1

looks; appearance

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

3

inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

1

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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area; region

2

thousands; several thousand

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