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pointing out; identification

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near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

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example; precedent; case

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to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

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Touya

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mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

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instruction; direction; briefing

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to etch into one's mind; to remember well

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the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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to shorten one's life

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cooking; food preparation

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tool; implement; instrument; equipment

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to replace; to move; to change the position of

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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sake cup; wine cup

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short life; short lived

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poisoning; addiction

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afflux; influx

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often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

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national treasury

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China; Chinese food

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Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty

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supremacism

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Sinocentrism

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holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

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

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Chinese people; Han race

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nomadism

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hunting

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supremacy; predominance; being superior to

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as; because; with; due to

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geographic

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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language

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east, west, south and north

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Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north

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Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); (lit.) barbarians to the west

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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birds and animals

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to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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tributary system (of Imperial China)

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pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

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clarification; definition

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barbarians; aliens

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people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

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education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination

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countries

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Vietnam

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