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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

2

reinforcement; strengthening

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

6

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

2

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

3

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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neutrality

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thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

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one's opinion on (life and) death

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related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

3

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

4

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

4

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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after death

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viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

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Izanami (Shinto goddess)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

process; course; mechanism

1

losing one's life; death

2

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

5

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

1

strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor

1

state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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also called

2

sea; ocean; waters

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

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to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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Daijin Shrine

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differentiation

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

2

Shinto; Shintoism

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to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

2

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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