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Yokohama (city)

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city

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Kitakyushu (city)

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mayor

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

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Osaka prefecture

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prefectural governor

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to gain popularity

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most part; greater part; majority

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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having said that; on the other hand

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conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

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reform; innovation

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head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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parasitism

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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high; high school

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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social system

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

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rather than

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inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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in the end; at the end of the day

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two times; twice; two degrees

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oil crisis

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stumbling; failure; misstep; setback

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gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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money-making; earning money

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consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

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bubble; bubble economy

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golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time

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because

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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