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bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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strictly speaking

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boundless; limitless; vast; broad

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enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

dozens; scores of; decades

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being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

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those; they

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the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

high class; high grade

1

to be conceited

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish

1

by far; by a long way; much; a few levels; several grades

1

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

optimist; easy-going person

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stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

1

(power of) imagination

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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American continent; the Americas

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

2

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

2

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

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ocean

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shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

1

government official

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

1

Uraga

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sooner or later; in due time; in due course

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1,000,000; one million; million; many

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years later

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each other; one another

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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suspicion; jealousy

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

slaughter; massacre

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

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(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

to compete with each other

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foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

1

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

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preparations for war

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

full stop; period; end

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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