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bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

2

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

1

augury; fortune-telling; divination

2

shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

1

very; extremely; that is

1

going through; going via; going by way of

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

2

new religion

1

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

1

ocean

3

the two; both

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

6

Taoism; Daoism

2

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account

1

seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea

2

food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land

2

myth; legend

3

syncretism

3

Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

1

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

7

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

5

fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

Shiji; Shih-chi; The Historical Records (ancient Chinese historical record)

2

the throne; the crown

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

5

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

3

pre-era; BC; BCE

3

400; four hundred

1

(period of) a year; during an era

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

change; transformation; innovation; Reformation

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

8000 years; thousands of years; eternity

1

romantic

1

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

3

as (for); for; in the capacity of

2

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

5

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

Korean peninsula

3

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

representative; exemplary; model

1

dynasty

5

Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto

6

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

4

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

10

tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)

25

war; fighting; fierce competition

4