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giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

1

(religious) piety; faith; devotion

1

Creator

1

language

23

essence; true nature; substance; reality

3

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

7

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

twenty-six

4

description; account

7

Marco Polo

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

1

to get along well with; to make a go of it

1

idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world

2

thought; idea; ideology

14

mind-control

1

brainwashing

1

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

7

to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

12

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

9

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

philosophical

2

questions and answers; dialogue

1

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

5

real name

11

to survive; to live long

3

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

11

to be born; to come into the world

5

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

7

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

2

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

2

sex crime

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1

public safety; public welfare

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

8

minor change

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

3

degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

2

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

medical expenses; doctor's bill

1

chronic disease

1

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

2

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

3