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Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt

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military authorities; army circles

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youth; young man

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commissioned officer

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coup d'état; coup

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politics; government

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influence; clout; leverage

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both material and moral; both physically and psychologically (spiritually)

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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mobilization; mobilisation

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general mobilization; general mobilisation

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communism; collectivism

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socialism

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to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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national

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oppression; suppression; pressure

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target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

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Peace Preservation Act (1925)

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violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

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suspicion; charge

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arrest; roundup

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity

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to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

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Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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Muchaku Seikyou (1927.3-)

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pre-war days; before the war

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juvenile literature

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Kokubun Ichitarou

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

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main cause; primary factor

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fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

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fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

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lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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in times of war

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Emperor of Japan

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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this for sure; certainly is

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land of the gods; Japan

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Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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