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Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

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reply; response; answer

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make no progress; remain unsettled

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OK; okay

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disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

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to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

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scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

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to cling to; to embrace

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to search for; to seek for; to look for

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reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

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meanwhile; in the meantime

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to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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almost; nearly; close to

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sun

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revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

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to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

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force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

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mountain top

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spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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reinforcement

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watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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strong person; the strong; the powerful

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great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

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everyone; one and all

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self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

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motto

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self-interest; selfish desire

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conversely; on the contrary

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to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

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in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

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short term; short time

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fundamental; basic

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quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

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quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

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to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

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leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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with all one's strength; with all one's might

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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to cross swords (with)

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immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

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to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

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vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

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immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

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swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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