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body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

4

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

2

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

4

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji); reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect

1

imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage

2

politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

2

the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

2

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

5

your body; your health; yourself; you

4

year

4

Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

5

great king

11

august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

2

disease; -pathy

8

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

2

commander; general; leader

3

official; civil service

3

incompetence

1

crown prince

8

imperial command; royal command

2

vedana (sensation)

1

Fire Rabbit (4th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)

3

Emperor Youmei; Youmei Tenno (?-587 CE, reigning: 585-587 CE)

3

to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

4

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

4

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

6

era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)

2

four

15

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

17

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

1

erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)

2

kindness; courtesy

1

same as above; ditto; ibid.

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

14

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

9

thirty; 30

2

Metal Snake (18th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

empress; queen

5

next year

3

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

5

second day of the month; two days

2

dollar; money; cash

1

to dry

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

3