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Miyako

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Tomi

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popular election

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intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory

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state prohibition

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Doshisha University

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private secretary; amanuensis

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local assembly

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bid; tender

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Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

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royal capital; imperial capital

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perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

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Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)

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leaving school; expulsion (from school)

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ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme

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private school; non-government school

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algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)

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school paper

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taxpayer

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American person

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first child

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to exert oneself

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to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor

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permanence; immortality

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electoral district; precinct

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first (of its kind) in Japan

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draft budget

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truancy; absence without leave

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missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

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literary talent

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Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

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smuggling (people); stowing away

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internal or domestic affairs

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(eligible) voter; elector; holder of a right; rightsholder; bigwig; person with political clout

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staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

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to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

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to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

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Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character

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to perceive; to understand

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what's what; heads or tails

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foreign affairs

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national treasury

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vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

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may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

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to satisfy oneself; to feel satisfied; to be proud

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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(school) class

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to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it

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timid; faint of heart

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