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to walk down the road

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beckoning

4

Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu

2

princess; consort

4

expected value; expectation value; expectation

3

to attract attention; to come into the limelight

3

3D; three dimensional

3

sound

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

4

command; direction

1

audio equipment

1

to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

1

Houichi

2

white clothing

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Heart Sutra

3

stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

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fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

1

headphone

3

biwa (Japanese lute)

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

3

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

2

Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

2

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

2

climax

1

to tear off

2

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

individually; separately

1

type of artificial flower which "blossoms" when placed in water

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

4

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

4

varistor; barista; barrister; ballista

2

numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

5

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

3

cake or snack served with tea

3

manufacturer; producer

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

13

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

1

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

2

dawn; daybreak

4

body; group; party; company; troupe

1

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

2

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

2

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

2

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

6

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

4

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

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