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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

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probability; likelihood; chances

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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to bear fruit

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early voting

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overseas ballot

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voting age

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to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw

2

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

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to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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commerce; trade; business

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common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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polling place

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double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

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construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

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present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

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municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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Internet

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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witness; observer

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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most important condition (for); first prerequisite

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financial muscle; economic clout

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millions; several million; a few million

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national election

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thousands; several thousand

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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third; no. three

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nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag

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foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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naturalization; naturalisation

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Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship

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acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

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supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

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degree of familiarity; popularity

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regional legal affairs bureau

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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deposit of money

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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