qi: the circulating life force whose existence and properties are the basis of much Chinese philosophy and medicine.
za: in feudal Japan, any of the mercantile or craft guilds that flourished about 1100-1590.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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