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zero-sum game

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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to unfold; to unroll; to open

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essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

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height; elevated place

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another person; others

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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evolution; progress

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reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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man of the future; Homo futurus

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existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

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present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

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concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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general public; the masses

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controlled society; regulated society

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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

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morals

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thought control; thought censorship

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overwhelming

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violence; mayhem

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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agrarian society

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awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

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saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

2

harmless

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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even if I told you

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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universe; cosmos; space

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mystery; mysteriousness; secret

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to explain; to dispel doubts

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to fly in the air

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to be born; to come into the world

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rather than

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inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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realistic; pragmatic

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book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant

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irresponsibility

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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