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human rights; civil liberties

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Saionji Kinmochi

5

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out

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army minister

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

2

modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history

2

working class

3

large amount of capital; large-cap; big-cap

2

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

1

established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed

3

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

2

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

political group

1

popular will; will of the people

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

2

leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party

4

financier; business leader

3

comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

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Taishō Political Crisis (1913)

2

premature birth

1

nickname

4

backslapping; (lit.) a smile and a tap on the shoulder; backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

1

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

explicit statement (e.g. law); express provision

1

(case of) high treason

5

killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing

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anarchist

5

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

2

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

Social Democratic Party

1

powerful pen; facile pen

1

journalist

2

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

4

machinist; mechanic

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Takichi

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Kannosuga

2

to shed blood

1

illusion; fallacy; delusion

1

bomb; bombshell

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

coarse; rough; crude

1

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

1

declaration; statement

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