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backroom deal

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current Diet session

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quality newspaper; broadsheet newspaper

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people's revolution; popular revolution

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complete revocation; total retraction

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both Houses of Parliament

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to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

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to attract interest; to capture attention

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take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)

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attention; kind attention; courteous attention

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suffrage; the right to vote

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working class

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standard-bearer; flag-bearer

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pollution; public nuisance; contamination

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criminal investigation

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staff member; station employee; official

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patriotic concern for the future of one's country

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enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.

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easy; simple; plain

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inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.

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sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting

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swindler; imposter; crook

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excessive bleeding; massive bleeding

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yard (unit of distance)

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Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

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chivalrous thief

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authority and force

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to interrupt; to butt in

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essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

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morning newspaper

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being upright and cleanhanded

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fuse

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to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr

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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

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suspicion (of others); jealousy

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dyeing; printing

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leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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to call the doctor

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for work; in a manner related to work

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inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital

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design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause

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dictator; despot

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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turmoil; chaos; confusion

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disturbance; riot; mayhem

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tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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nothing but; none other than

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to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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