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Oregon

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taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

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to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

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great-grandfather

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test of strength

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(enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force

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Saipan (island)

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Oahu (island)

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member of the lower house

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relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations

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to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

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container for boiled rice

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loyalty and goodness

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shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

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Tunisia

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laborer; labourer; workman

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mutual prosperity

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(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

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novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel

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entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)

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getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

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whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era

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US Navy

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USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

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Arizona

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worker bee; hard worker

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imperial subject

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laundry

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an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

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the homefront

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to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

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round, wooden container for cooked rice

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national prestige

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military training

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lookout post; observation point

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (song)

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triple alliance

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lethal weapon; deadly device

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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to make a name for oneself; to achieve success

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tip; gratuity; alms

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statelessness; stateless

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Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito

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bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

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Nobel Peace Prize

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surmise; guess; inference

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please (do for me)

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by turns

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