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to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

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parade float; festival float

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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kabuki; Japanese classical drama

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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prestige; dignity

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conflict; complication; troubles; discord

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dynamic

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young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship

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to compare

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commune

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Higashikurume (city)

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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rare; uncommon

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rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

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progressive

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depopulation

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exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

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Kouhei

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nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)

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hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

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dry riverbed; river beach

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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agricultural, mountain and fishing villages; rural districts

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cultural association

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rule; government

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fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

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government service; the bureaucracy

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nuclear power plant; nuclear power station

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influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

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vivid

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recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

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novel; original; new

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old friend; old acquaintance

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advantage; point in favor; point in favour

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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figurative

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technical term; terminology; nomenclature

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

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friction; discord; strife

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to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

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pickpocket

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theft; stealing; larceny

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