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like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

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Kunlun mountains

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Fujian Province (China)

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Zhejiang Province (China)

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Guangxi (province in China)

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ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

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lumping similar things together and giving the group a collective name; collective name; generic term

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French Indochina

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Shodai

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architect

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20 years old

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unknown; unidentified

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thousand years; millennium; perpetuity; eternity

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biography; life story

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death (of a high priest)

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completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour

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one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

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Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

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moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

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nursing (esp. an animal); suckling; (feeding and) raising

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thousand years; millennium; eternity

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Korean person (esp. North Korean); Korean people

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studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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technical skill; ability; capacity

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nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

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difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

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member

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

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quiet; calm; still

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future affairs; affairs after one's death

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

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temple's head priest

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Kōbō Daishi (774-835 CE; founder of Shingon Buddhism and renowned calligrapher)

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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setting sail; departure (from a port)

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seventeen; 17

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Tamatsukuri

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painter; artist; illustrator

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carving; engraving; chiselled features

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

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Shuubun

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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workman; construction worker; hand

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eighty; 80

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to bring someone along

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several (objects, usu. from two to six)

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command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)

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to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

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