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rear-view mirror

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interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

contest; comparison; competition

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luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent

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head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center

1

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

my spouse; my wife; my husband

1

to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off

1

legal; lawful; legitimate

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laundry; laundromat; launderette

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waste disposal; waste treatment

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used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)

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corporate giant

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private practice; one-person business; business-to-customer selling; B2C

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

3

piled up high; in a heap

3

deluxe suite

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catchphrase; promotional line; slogan

1

illegal dumping; fly-tipping

2

stingily; cheaply; slyly

1

to solicit; to demand; to extort

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friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill

1

public

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to chant the nembutsu

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rosary; string of prayer beads

2

to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of

1

Heart Sutra

2

cotton gloves; working gloves

1

thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey

1

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

3

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

1

little girl

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what on Earth is this?

2

infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

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mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

2

biologist

1

to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

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nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

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to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up

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utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

2

dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

1

database

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unconfirmed; unidentified

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cylinder

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to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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Chinese immigrant

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national university

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