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slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)

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roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

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to scan; to look over

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complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel

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

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important point

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work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

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military affairs; military service

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leisure; leisure time; spare time

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soldier; tactician; strategist

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to write; to publish

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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classical studies

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pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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tactics

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Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)

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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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this much; this amount

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mere child

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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similar books

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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(written) work; book; writings

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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to transcribe; to copy

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illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana

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unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

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kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

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rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

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antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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recitation; reciting from memory

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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one's residence

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that is to say; so that means

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boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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to wipe; to dry

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ridiculous; absurd

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by myself; in person; by oneself

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boy; kid; child

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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

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failing to recognize someone; underestimation

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well-known; noted; celebrated

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scholar

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