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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

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Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

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mankind; humanity

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equality; impartiality; evenness

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to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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misunderstanding

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person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint

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reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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society; the world; the times

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wise; clever; smart

2

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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whether or not

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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17; seventeen

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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fool

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oppression; suppression; pressure

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foreign country

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aggression; invasion; raid

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importance; gravity

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insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

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Machiavelli

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Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

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hawks; hardline faction; hardliner

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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The 47 Ronin

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revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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Confucianism

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to be helpful; to be useful

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scholar

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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wicked tongue; abusive language

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consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

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older sister; lass; young lady

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(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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