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Each phenomenon manifest serves to explain (setsu) the truth, the Dharma.
Laughter 2009
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"Half believe in the seisanfukka setsu, reconstruction through production, and the commitment to heavy industry buildup; the other half are advocates of the tsuka kaikaku setsu, the control of inflation and a commitment to light industries that would take immediate advantage of our cheap and large labor pool."
The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984
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Heinai was loyal, and Sho [u] setsu a traitor; but Kibei tries the old man and officer by supporting the prowess of the latter.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Sho [u] setsu appreciated the merits, the audacity, and the certain failure ahead of Jinnai's scheme.
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This story is told, following the details of Koganei Koshu [u] ( "Yui Sho [u] setsu").
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In the examination into the famous conspiracy of Yui Sho [u] setsu (1651 A.D.) no confession could be secured from Yoshida Hatsuémon.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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At this time (Sho [u] ho [u] 3rd year -- 1646) the crisis of Jinnai's fate and the conspiracy of the famous Yui Sho [u] setsu were both approaching issue.
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There are two Chinese characters both pronounced setsu -- one signifying the node or joint of the bamboo, and the other virtue, fidelity, constancy.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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a dispute over the merits of Heinai and Sho [u] setsu as fencing masters; both of them dead as the long ago quarrels of the Toyotomi and Tokugawa
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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He was not of the office, yet as of rank was chosen to lead these more dangerous and trying expeditions, or to act in more important arrests.] [Footnote 29: In the conspiracy of Sho [u] setsu such did exist, directed to the house of one of his followers, placed not far off in another street.
garyth123 commented on the word setsu
A Japanese clettering stick:)
February 15, 2009