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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

4

Nagai

2

Ryuutarou

1

flowery prose

1

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

one letter; one book

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

3

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

2

I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

is not; am not; are not

17

feudalism

1

communism

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

1

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

7

last night; yesterday evening

15

trustee; councillor (councilor)

9

director; trustee

5

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

10

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

11

statement; declaration

1

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

4

bourgeoise wife

1

subject; theme; motif

1

twice

3

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

to hurt someone's feelings; to offend someone

2

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

2

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

4

philosopher

1

symposium; round-table discussion

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Shimizu Ikutarou (1907-88)

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Americanism

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

5

Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

7

especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally

2

not caring; not giving a damn

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

2

table of contents; contents

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

2

after that; afterwards; thereafter

6

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

without

3

proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

1

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

6

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

4

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

2

existence; being

6

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

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