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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

5

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

David

1

shield

1

combination; pair; duo

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight

1

Japan

1

return to one's country

1

after

1

office

3

to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

1

immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

2

peace; harmony

5

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

5

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

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

1

harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

1

article; news story; report; account

2

then; well; so; be; is

3

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

4

book; volume; this; present; main; head

2

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

4

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

4

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

13

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

scoop

6

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

retirement

4

special number

1

last entrant (to a race, market, etc.)

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

6

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

1

police; police officer; police station

1

most important

1

secrecy; highly classified information

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

1

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

3

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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