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period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)

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throughout Japan

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to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure

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century

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extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

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close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing

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light weight

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functionality

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sportswear; sports clothes

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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study; pursuit of knowledge

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sport; sports

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promotion; encouragement

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to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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school tradition; school customs; school spirit

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this year; this fiscal year; this school year

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clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather

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dress; outfit

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digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss

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person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)

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to be greedy; to devour greedily

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to have a rumor circulating

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baseball ground; baseball field; baseball stadium; ballpark

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excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

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speaker

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reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing

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conduct; behavior; behaviour

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lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede

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total (number); count

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1,000; one thousand

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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Saturday

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guardians; parents; father and older brother

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in swarms; in great crowds; in huge numbers; plentifully; a lot (of)

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same year in school

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at

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as you can imagine; as imagined

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imposing stance; daunting pose

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cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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headband

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personality-wise; by nature; characteristic

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very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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dully; dispassionately; apathetically; in a subdued manner

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unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous

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to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

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puffed up

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