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(former) imperial university

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Tokyo Imperial University

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law department; law school

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graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

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student (esp. a university student)

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Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)

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Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

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government official; clerk

3

modernization; modernisation

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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whole nation; entire nation; all the people

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servant (of the people); minister (of religion)

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retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

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reemployment

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severe; fierce; stern

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

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permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister

3

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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section manager; section chief

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non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)

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go that far; to that extent

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parliamentary secretary

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civil service examination

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

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same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

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entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

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ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

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class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector

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private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation

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auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization

2

government and municipal offices; public agencies

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investment; contribution; financing

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assistance payment; subsidiary aid

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complementation; supplementation; completion

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business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

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famous; fame

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Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd

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post office

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Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nihon Housou Kyoukai; NHK

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mechanism; organization; organisation

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eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

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highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

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stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK

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matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

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