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kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji); reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese

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to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce

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to change; to shift; to come and go

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the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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time; hour; moment

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the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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ordinary person

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to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

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lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)

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side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

with a bang (clash, bump)

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father and mother; parents

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before one's birth; before one was born

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

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top of a massive rock

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apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

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peach (Prunus persica)

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three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)

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wrinkle; crease; ripple

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black soybean

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winter solstice

5

to bud

3

return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)

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extremity; end; bound; limit

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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germination; sprouting; budding

1

since one was born; (in) all one's life

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main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

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summer solstice

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to pierce through; to break through

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to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

to go out and away; to leave

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handful; small amount; small number

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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circumference

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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everything

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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transient

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10,000; ten thousand

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100,000,000; one hundred million

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world-destroying conflagration

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unsettled; pending; unresolved

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

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to refuse; to decline; to deny

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