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shorthand; stenography

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reader

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incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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language

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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word; language; speech

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spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script

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to abridge; to shorten; to economize

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typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

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stroke (of a kanji, etc.)

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one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

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omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

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(while) holding a post or being in office

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to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

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historic; historical

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Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era

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Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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fame; reputation; renown

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to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

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posterity; future generations

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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historical fact

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to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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Minister of Justice

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honorific affix; honorific prefix

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history

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high steward; grand master

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national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

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at that time; in those days

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power; influence

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Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu

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legitimate; orthodox; traditional

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crown prince

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

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favor; favour; affection

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me

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imperial throne; the Crown

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plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

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firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

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to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)

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quotation; abstract; selection; summary

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Rovato; Lobato

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