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foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)

1

darkness

4

the wisdom of the many

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

6

never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for

2

mystery; wonder

3

like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

11

seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign

1

convert (e.g. to a cause)

1

after all; in the end; in short; atyanta (absoluteness)

2

Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics

1

bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice

3

(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

10

Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

5

day-by-day renewal; rapid progress

2

classical studies

10

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

12

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

2

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

3

to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

4

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

4

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

3

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

11

unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

1

ideal time

1

Western person; Westerner

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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experimental

1

new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas

6

Chinese book; book written in Chinese

1

we; us; I; me; you

4

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

1

Western civilization; Western civilisation

4

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

4

all; as much as possible

2

means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

4

fortune; luck; chance

3

be; is

8

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

2

to do by the use of

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methodology

8

becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate

2

book for novices; general introduction to a subject

1

maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation

2

addiction to Western things

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

4

examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)

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