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sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days; 12-year Chinese zodiac

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

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rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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systematisation; systematization

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altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

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ritual; religious service; festival

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sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)

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usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

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several people; a few people

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dozens; scores of; decades

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counter for people

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yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

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to need; to call for; to require

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu

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improvement; reform

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

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present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

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front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

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to disappear; to vanish

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Shinto rites; Shinto style

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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astrology; horoscope

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

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(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

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Rome

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Near and Middle East

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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ancient Rome

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gods

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splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

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