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Confucianism

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kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase

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permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

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guiding principle

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who; what kind of person

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

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not only ... but (also); as well as ...

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

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both

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falsehood; untruth; lie

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to correct oneself; to restate

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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matter is void; all is vanity

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to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

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with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

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how; in what way

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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oneness

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understanding; theft

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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eternally unchanging

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

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unowned; unpossessed

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rubble; debris; wreckage

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the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni

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incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

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lack of relation (to); independence (of)

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nose and ears

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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love and hate

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to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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neutral; noncommittal

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to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote

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normal state (condition)

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exceedingly; very

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hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

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one's native language; Japanese

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one question

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level ground; plain; flatland

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big problem

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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