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to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang

4

Taipei (Taiwan)

3

mayor

4

Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin); Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)

1

construction; establishment

5

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

Asian Games

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

return to one's country

1

scandal

1

serious wound; hard blow

1

made in Japan; Japanese-made

1

Shinkansen; bullet train

1

Europe

1

group (usu. of people)

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

(typically) Japanese

1

soul; spirit

2

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

1

metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo

2

being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

3

revolutionary (e.g. technology)

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design

1

true character; real nature

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

3

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

individualism; egoism; selfishness

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

breeding season

1

reproduction

1

one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

1

lion (Panthera leo)

1

social; societal; societary

5

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

1

uniform; standard

2

uniformity; standardization; standardisation

1

National Commission on Educational Reform; National Commission on Education Reform; National Congress for Educational Reform; National Council on Educational Reform

8

whereabout; about where; how much

1

disappointment; despair

1