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with a broad grin; smirking

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Cheshire

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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pocket

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to begin to tremble

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precious; valuable

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thanks; gratitude

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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on

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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proper noun

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taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

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member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

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ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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settlement; solution; resolution

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to pray; to wish

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geopolitical; geostrategic

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cultural anthropology

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appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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there; that place

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legitimate; orthodox; traditional

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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study; research; investigation

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to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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yoga

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mantra

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commencing with; including

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(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part

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secret; mystery

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learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

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Tao

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Taoism; Daoism

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feng shui; fengshui; wind and water

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the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

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thought; idea; ideology

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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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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subject of research

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dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

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devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

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all the gods and goddesses; all the deities

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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