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the Pacific Rim

1

combination; union; incorporation; congruence

2

Japan-America-Australia

1

Pacific Ocean

10

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

China

2

had better do so

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

silently; hushed; in a still manner

1

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

2

military commander

1

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others

2

Nobunaga

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

another person; others

3

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife

3

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

geopolitical; geostrategic

2

Nara (city, prefecture)

1

Heian period (794-1185)

1

Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China

1

envoy to Tang China

1

Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)

1

offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice

1

abolition; repeal

2

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

3

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

maturity; ripeness

2

as; because; with; due to

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

East China Sea

3

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

2

coastal waters; adjacent seas

4

low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation

5

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

4

rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

northern hemisphere

1

northeast

1

southern hemisphere

2

southeast

1

extreme; extremity

2

Aleutian Islands; Aleutians

1

area of ocean

3

Atlantic Ocean

3