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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

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to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

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reputation; respectability; honour; honor

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bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

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well-known; fame

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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down to earth; reasonable

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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pensive (or worried) look on one's face

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arrangement; pact; agreement

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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control; management (e.g. of a business)

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subordination; dependency

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blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

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surely (not); certainly (not)

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admiration; being impressed (by)

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rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

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validity; effectiveness

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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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south-west

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barbarian

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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to refer to; to use as reference

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policy; measure

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delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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because of this; thanks to this; due to this

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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reference; consultation

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chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

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appeasement policy

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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in all

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latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

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network

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red-light district

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sheep (Ovis aries)

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engineering works; civil engineering; public works

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unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather

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without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

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offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei

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territory

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expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit

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