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bipolarization; bipolarisation

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling

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standing up

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class representative

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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thin; shin; syn-

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reference room

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plasma

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fireball; bolide; fireball

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to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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seedling; young plant; rice seedling

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to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves

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to disappear; to vanish

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transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting

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bashful; shameful; ashamed

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attendance record

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in good coordination

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perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side

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electrical appliances; electric appliances

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foresight; foreknowledge; divination

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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incineration; destroy by fire

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book burning

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missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

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will; testament; last request

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good results

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independent production (e.g. of a film)

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idea

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expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

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writing ability

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easy; plain; simple

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just because; even if; even though

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mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair

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the third ...; tertiary

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watercolor painting; watercolour painting

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oil painting

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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packing; baling; crating

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Blu-ray Disc; BD

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steadily

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to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

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to be widely known; to be famous

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smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick

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ground attack; air-raid

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blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

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active

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