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now; nowadays

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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

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counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

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town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

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abatement; reduction

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simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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100,000; hundred thousand

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oil lamp

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abolition; repeal

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urgent business; pressing need; imperative

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whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

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reading through; reading over

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

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to begin to speak; to begin to explain

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suffering (from a calamity); affliction

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important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

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shelving; pigeonholing

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to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

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cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

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explanation; vindication

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trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

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following month

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to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

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five o'clock

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every quarter; all sides

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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

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to turn towards; to point

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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to hate; to detest

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groundless rumor; groundless rumour

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casualties; injuries and deaths

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severe; bitter; scathing

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

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warning; advice

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self-interest; personal profit

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to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

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braggart; big talker; bigmouth

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

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bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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after death

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in front of a grave

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one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand

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again

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Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito

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