English has such phrasal verbs as take an action, take a nap, take a walk, in which nominalized verbs follow take. The purpose of the present paper is to study the nature of take in take a look at with reference to cast a glance at and catch a glimpse of, showing the ambiguous nature of this phrasal verb as to the perceptive directions.

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In this study we examined the depth of focusing and the experiences of View of Mind Focusing （VOMF） from the viewpoint of self-help. In the correlation analysis there were considerable strong positive relationships among depth of focusing, attractiveness and satisfaction of VOMF. As a result of analyzing the experiences of VOMF, “staring at oneself”, “expression method by picture” and “new understanding of oneself” were reported as focusing experiences. As confirmation of oneself, “confirmation of negative feelings and aspects” were reported much. As new awareness, “understanding of one’s negative sides and feelings” and “understanding of one’s positive sides and feelings” were reported much. The effectiveness of VOMF was verified considerably as the selfhelp method.

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Although the cultural persons in Edo period （Watanabe Kazan, Nakamura Keiu, Hirose Tansou） perfomed their main work of samurai society,they emphasized the policy of royal road to put the literary before the military in the arts as a hobby. They raised the possibility of the alternative road of the Meiji government to enter power politics. This road lead to the government by the literary in the modern society of Asin type.

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