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the ancients; ancient people

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good for the health; healthy; wholesome

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image; picture; portrait

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tribute (to a monarch, feudal lord, etc.); taxes; taxation

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with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

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scriptural text; scriptures; sutras

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to bow; to worship; to receive; to see

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deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint

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central position (e.g. in an organization); position of leadership; important location; central spot

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assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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Chrysostom; Chrysostomos

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doctrine

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Shoubou

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to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

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holy of holies; sanctum sanctorum

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)

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looking or acting as if one owned the place

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fate; destiny; predestination

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to finish telling

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frequent appearance; frequent occurrence

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divine will; providence

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thought

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interjection

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interjection; exclamation

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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assistance from the gods

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to drag in; to pull in

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place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

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miser; cheapskate; scrooge

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preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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to strangle to death

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to set a ladder up against

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destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

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to visit frequently; to haunt

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

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gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

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guess; conjecture; surmise

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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