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three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine

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Bachelor of Science; BSc; BS

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marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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printing type; movable type; printed text; print

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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about when; about what time; how soon

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sixty; 60

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extending (e.g. a book); augmenting; enlarging; supplementing

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Japanese translation

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United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

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just before

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A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Language (1862)

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Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

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to be found

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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invention; origination; discovery

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

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news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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Western language; Japanese word of Western origin

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original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

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a long time ago; long before now

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to dig out; to pick up

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(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

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noun

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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to collect; to solicit; to seek; to look for evidence; to check; to summon

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(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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remains; corpse; body

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preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character

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

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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birth

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irresolutely; hesitatingly; undecidedly

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Kawamoto

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wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

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ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

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general statement; outline

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pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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