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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

6

Keio Private (University)

4

printing type; movable type; printed text; print

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

2

look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

7

four years

1

not yet; un-

1

sheep (Ovis aries)

4

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

2

Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)

2

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

2

two; 2

29

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

32

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

16

abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible

7

material; tangible; concrete

5

Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)

1

theology

1

physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy

3

form; shape; figure; visage

21

astronomy

3

geography

3

study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

5

chemistry

1

knowledge; information

2

information; experience; knowledge; observation

2

inspection; examination; check

1

territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

4

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

2

one's duty; vocation

37

word; remark; statement

31

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

29

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

15

fortune; luck

3

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

8

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

1

imprudence; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misunderstanding

3

tool; implement; means; furniture

4

to be erected; to be built

3

hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

saw; musical saw

3

need; want; necessity; expenses; cost

9

like; as if; the same as

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building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)

9

indispensable; essential; necessary

4