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medicine; medical art; medical skills

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stethoscope

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

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choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

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evening; early night hours

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darkness; the dark

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crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

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to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)

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self-examination; reflection

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent

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to fall ill; to be taken ill

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to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

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late sowing; doing late; doing belatedly

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market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to)

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extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

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to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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to appear uneasy; to appear anxious

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to quarrel; to dispute

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a quarrel; argument

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sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

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unreasonable; naughty

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to aggravate (a situation); to complicate matters; to stir things up; to roughen (waves, voice, feelings, etc.); to agitate

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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after school (at the end of the day)

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temple; monk

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bull's-eye; the mark

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practice writing with a brush; study; learning

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to write down; to record; to register

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calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

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old age

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guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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temple lodgings (for visiting monks or pilgrims); temple guesthouse; monk's quarters

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long-cherished desire; one's heart's desire

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

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pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

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one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

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once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; (lit.) one lifetime, one meeting

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to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

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rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

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France

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strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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