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(subject of) civics

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textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

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reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

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good wife and wise mother

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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as expected

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to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

3

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

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(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

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to prohibit

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deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

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prohibition of sale; ban on sale

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

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member

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disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

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behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

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low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level

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to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

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type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

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feudal system; feudalism

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monopoly capitalism

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ago; since; before; previous

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first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

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of course; certainly; naturally

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emphasizes direct object of action

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long-term

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fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

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antiquity; ancient times

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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ism; -ism

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superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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advance; moving forward; progress

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restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration

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authority

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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maintenance; preservation; improvement

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

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Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

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district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

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market; fair

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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rejection; denunciation

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tribe; clan; house

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clan; family

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appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

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origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

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Rousseau; Rousseaux

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natural law

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