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Shuowen Jiezi (the first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters)

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desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

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Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)

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description; account

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rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

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inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony

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in deep black; in jet black

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unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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protuberance; protruding object; umbo

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to project; to stick out; to stand out

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charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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disgusting; repulsive

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showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

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main point and details

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setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

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sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

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(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

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this one; this way; this method

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extermination; expulsion; destruction

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dollar; money; cash

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brain; brains; mind

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oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

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what's what; heads or tails

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from out of nowhere; from who knows where

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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.)

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

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cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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deed; act

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spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)

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edged tool; cutlery

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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tee-hee

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

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to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

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lesson; precept; teachings; moral

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stop; stoppage; end

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meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

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