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means of communication

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

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approval; assent

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tenth; tithe

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yes and no; for and against

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rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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even

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Ural

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operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

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foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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crew

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

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this (very thing); this precisely

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

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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

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

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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 (near the second person)

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the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

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high class; high grade

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to be conceited

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confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

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by far

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

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

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optimist; easy-going person

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stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

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(power of) imagination

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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American continent; the Americas

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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

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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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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bakufu; shogunate

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government official

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

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inlet; seashore; beach

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congratulation; celebration

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what time; (lit.) which hour

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