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scramble (for)

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battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)

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to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance

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Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

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number one

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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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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seven

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male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)

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unification of the whole country

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to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

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western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

3

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

1

easy; simple; plain

1

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

lawyer; legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

6

winner; victor

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

2

supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

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adviser; advisor

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Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period

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thinker

4

how; in what way

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advice

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indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

2

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

3

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

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to become better; to improve

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team

2

methodology

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information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

4

coaching; couching

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pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

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Confucianist

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Confucius

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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parent and child

1

teacher and student

1

ruler and ruled; master and servant

1

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

2

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

5

school education; formal education

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Edo period (1603-1868)

1

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

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Confucianism

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teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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