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question; query

3

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

2

partner; pal; accomplice

3

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

4

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

5

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

3

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

2

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

6

descendant

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

1

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

5

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

1

secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing

3

technique; art; skill; move

4

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

2

to obtain; to procure

2

birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

1

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

half a lifetime

1

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

society; the world; the times

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

salvation

1

system

2

fundamental; basic

2

elite

1

class

1

demigod

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

1

higher rank; better position

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

2

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

1

secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

2

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

2