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earthenware pot

3

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

3

topic of conversation

1

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

6

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

24

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

15

China; Chinese

1

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

1

particularly; only; in the case of

2

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

4

birth

6

story; tale

6

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

sovereign; emperor; monarch

2

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

7

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

13

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

5

drifting; drift; being adrift

2

node (joint) of a bamboo

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

4

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

5

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

9

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

3

mixed race; mixed parentage

1

presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought

1

fruit

1

similar story; variant tale

1

melon; gourd

2

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

6

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

2

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

6

long (time that has passed); old (story)

3

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

4

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

4

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

4

establishment; foundation

1

omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

5

uncountable; innumerable

1

antiquity; ancient times

8

document; official papers

1

isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern

1

each time; every time

1

to give; to do ...

8

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

4

land of the gods; Japan; Heaven

1