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strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

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Immigration Bureau

1

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

1

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

6

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

2

east

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Shinkansen; bullet train

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

that; those; the

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

olden days; former

1

Tokyo

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

2

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

1

immediately following

1

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

1

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

2

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

3

water temperature

1

rising; ascending; climbing

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

1

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

1

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

3

stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

3

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

3

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

1

spectrum

1

spectrum (radio, etc.); spectral; spectra

1

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

2

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

2

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

1

island country

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

1

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

1