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sutra; Buddhist scriptures

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pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

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epidemic; plague; pestilence

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brown; tanned

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

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mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

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mineral matter; metallic property

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to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare

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anyone; any person; whoever

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friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

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air-to-surface missile; ASM

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study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key

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easy to make; easy to do

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practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

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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 (ritsuryo system)

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Taoism; Daoism

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original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

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charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

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tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

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freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty

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wild goose; glans; head of a penis

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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to spread one's wings

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claw; talon

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to be injured; to sustain a wound

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to be constricted

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mutation; change; transition

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to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

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spirit power; magical power

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to throw into; to dump in together

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attracting customers

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outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

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freeze frame; stop motion

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darts

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seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

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cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination

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to distribute; to hand out

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cultivation; nurture; culture

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year in, year out; always; 24-7

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praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

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any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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reluctant (to part)

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imprisonment; captive

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using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

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from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

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to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

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oriental

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