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birds

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Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

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run; race

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beast; brute; animal

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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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to do by the use of

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

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armor; armour

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nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

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to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

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four sides; all sides

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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with this I (formal); by this I (formal)

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there; that place

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four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons

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to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

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to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

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Satsuki

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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fathom

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an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

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gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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encampment; position

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manufacture; production

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grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

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establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

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superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

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disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

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by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

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tremor; fluctuation

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various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse

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action of making something; -ification

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Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

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heartfelt

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how; in what way; circumstances

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shouting in a thunderous voice

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promptly

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dreams; fantasy; visions

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extinguishment; destruction; effacement

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exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout

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