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Bering Sea

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Kamchatka

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Sakhalin (Russia)

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disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

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inlet; seashore; beach

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity

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calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

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courtesy call; courtesy visit

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friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity

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exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

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promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

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ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme

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(typically) Japanese

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event; function

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

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Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

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rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water

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overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora

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Yangtze River; Changjiang River

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Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian

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burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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Shoukaiseki

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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homesickness

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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sudden death

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Shanghai (China)

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high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry

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Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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Vancouver

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the same month

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two or three days

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected

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child's room; nursery

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(at the) window

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ransom

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western-style envelope

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kidnapping; kidnaping

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leading part; leading actor; leading actress

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firstborn; first child; eldest child

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Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

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