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study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)

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revival; restoration; resuscitation

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calyx

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this

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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opinion; point of view

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thought of the times

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tacit; unspoken; implicit

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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forte; strong point

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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praise; glorification; extolment

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to pull out a fish; to lure

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

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game; play; sports

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to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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pressure; duress; stress

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wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

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a small world

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abstract

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm

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sign; indication; omen; symptom

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fame and fortune

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providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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desire; appetite; lust

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development; growth

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defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage

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to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

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to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

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tide; current; tendency; trend

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Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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every issue or number

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New Year

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spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu

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two periods; two terms

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appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)

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at; in; on

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