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number; amount

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

4

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

19

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

5

dealing with; coping with

2

way; method; means

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

4

how; in what way; how about

11

way; means

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

6

destabilization; destabilisation

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

if you do this; if this is the case

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

prescription

3

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

2

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

4

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

3

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

explanation; interpretation

5

a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

5

questions and answers; dialogue

1

mainly; primarily

1

hermeneutics

1

peak; peek

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

6

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

creation; founding; initiating

1

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

3

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

1

basic principle; fundamental principle

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

2

young and old

1

order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

2

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

1

high and low (social standing)

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1