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between life and death

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innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

5

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

10

freedom; liberty

2

belief; faith; conviction

3

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

2

truth

4

to be widely known; to be famous

1

free from obstacles

1

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

1

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

rock door (to a cave)

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

3

zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas

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Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

2

bell (often globular)

3

inattention; absent-mindedness

1

singing and dancing; song and dance

1

inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.

7

black dog

18

beckoning

3

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

5

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

protecting the constitution

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog

6

wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft

1

descending (mountain)

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

4

living thing; organism; creature; biology

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

2

tusk; fang

2

one's remaining years

1

Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

1

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

1

same kind (race); homogeneousness

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

2

combination; union; binding; bond

1

savage dog

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shadow; tail; following

5

hemp rope

2

calf; small cow

2

sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

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