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Western civilization; Western civilisation

2

going to the United States

2

interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

2

Secretary of State

2

bringing; taking; carrying

1

commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization

3

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

1

good evening

1

this place; here

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

you (plural)

11

overseas student; exchange student

1

four people

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

2

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

3

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible

1

national expenditure; government spending; public funds

3

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

8

(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

5

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate

1

to sell at a high price

1

to be given up; to be discontinued

2

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

2

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

8

pupil; student; schoolchild

89

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

explosion; rupture; break off

3

finishing blow; coup de grâce

2

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

2

modernization; modernisation

5

to concern; to be related

1

taking dictation; note-taking

1

woman; lady; adult female

5

novel; original; new; innovative

1

proposal; motion; recommendation

1

release; liberation; acquittal

2

adviser; advisor; consultant

8

war damage

1

relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

3

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

1