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Yasuzou

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economic animal; person or people who only strive for profit

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contributor (e.g. to a newspaper); correspondent

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Komatsu Sakyou (1931.10-)

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Shigeharu

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Shouichi

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Champs-Élysées (in Paris) (irreg. kana)

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to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

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Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan

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mutual financing association

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a run on a bank

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symbolic

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All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

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offering

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to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate

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sobbing; weeping

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allocation; appropriation

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openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly

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world fair; international exposition

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standing; regular; permanent

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returned soldier

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rubber ball

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avant-garde

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eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!

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enthusiastic praise

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art school

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the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

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main island of Okinawa

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place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue

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Kenzou

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humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature

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vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

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to be worn out (from domestic life)

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security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

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to quit one's job; to resign

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short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

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being under military occupation

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undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

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trade fair

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role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

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(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove

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to write (to someone)

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satire; irony; sarcasm

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popular; common

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creativity; ingenuity

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even though; despite; notwithstanding

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field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice

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Tokyo Government Office

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Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

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