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informal; unofficial

2

idle; useless

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

8

fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

1

each newspaper; every newspaper

2

railroad accident

4

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

3

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

1

to inform; to report

2

eye-witness; witness

2

vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

2

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

4

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

4

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

1

source, cause of an accident

1

derailment; digression; deviation

1

based on; on the basis of

2

large number (of); many; majority

1

discontented elements (e.g. of society); dissatisfied members; malcontents

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

1

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

14

John Doe; Jane Doe; person unknown

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

9

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

generation; the world; the age

2

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle

1

military assistance advisory group

1

export; exportation; efferent

1

following month

1

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

Manchurian Incident (1931); Mukden Incident

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

1

Soviet army

1

policy shift; policy U-turn

2

fast approach; quick intimacy

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

1

Rome

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

2

conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

2