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Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)

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Shuuyu

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history of a nation; Japanese history

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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

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Liu Bei (161-223)

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Sonken

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folding fan

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Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake

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fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

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to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

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newspaper

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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continuous

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favourite book; favorite book

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partly open; in half bloom

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very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

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(plain) white fan

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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to fan; to incite; to instigate

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Bois

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voice recognition; speech recognition

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talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

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type of industry

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Wingsuit flying

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Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

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aviation; flying

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immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

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coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)

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Japanese style

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seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

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uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

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individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

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information analysis

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officers and soldiers; soldiers

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reward and punishment

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to accrete; to become whole; to come together

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to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

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idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

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implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

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driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving

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(a) scroll

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guess; speculation; supposition

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three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)

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dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

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politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)

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filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

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manor; villa

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