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program (e.g. TV); programme

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Hankyu Corporation

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strong; hard; manly

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Sweden

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record; transcript

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

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movie director; film director

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Tokyo Olympics

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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as usual; as is one's habit

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to rewind

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kanji; Chinese character

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safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

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Briton; Englishman; (the) English

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popular name; common name; given name

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strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

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to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm

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comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

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implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

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deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

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two times; twice; two degrees

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every person; each one; everybody

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to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

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tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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bang on the money; spot on; right answer

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later on; eventually; afterwards

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to arrive

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brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

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politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

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inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)

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