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manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying

5

whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying

3

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

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surface of a board or record

4

important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

2

beginner

1

go player; playing go

5

first half

3

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

4

unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box

1

printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal

2

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

1

irreplaceable

2

holiday; day off

6

off duty

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charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

3

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

clattering; rattling

1

preparation; arrangements

1

very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

2

being alive

7

after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath

3

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

6

to attack; to assault; to assail

7

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

5

chief; main; principal; important

4

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

1

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

2

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

1

to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

3

careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

1

to publish a book; to put out a book

2

to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

2

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

1

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

2

to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

1

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

2

title; caption; heading

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Ministry of Revenue (Tang-dynasty China)

2

private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)

2

financial affairs

1

literary talent

2

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

3

His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor

1

stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone (in go)

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