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strict; stern

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primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine

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policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

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to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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secret understanding; collusion

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remorse; repentance

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nursing; care; caregiving; caring

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power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty

3

to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

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ruling party; government party; party in power; government

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Hubei Province (China)

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descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

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mid-winter; cold season

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spacious; vast; wide

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showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

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fortune-telling; divination

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

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battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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desperation; self-abandonment

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day after day; every day

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mutual; reciprocal

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however; but

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to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

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hunger and thirst; starvation

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

kind-hearted; benevolence

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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severe; fierce; stern

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a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration

3

founder of dynasty or sect

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covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

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birthmark; nevus; bruise

4

in those days

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Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty

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crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

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personal opinion; criticism behind one's back

3

irrational (line of) argument

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to become settled; to be fixed

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ruler; monarch; sovereign

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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to tame; to win over

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taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

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troubled times; turbulent times

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dilemma; predicament

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