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tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk

2

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

interference; intervention; meddling

2

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

1

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

1

halfway (through, complete); midway

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

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

1

Machimura

2

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

2

illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

1

afterword; postscript

1

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

seventeen; 17

3

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

5

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

total population

2

21st century

4

beginning (of a century, etc.)

3

decrease; reduction; decline

1

middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)

1

unification; integration

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

1

unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure

1

to be broken into pieces; to be in a jumble; to be in disarray; to be thrown into turmoil

1

United Nations; UN

5

in name but not in reality

1

EU; European Union

1

vanishing like mist

1

Russia

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

1

minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race

1

simultaneous; all at once

1

uprising; revolt

1

dividing into parts

1

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

Middle East countries

1

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

United States of America

1

crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement

1

multiracial nation; multiethnic country

1

dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife

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reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos

1

like; as

6

split; division; break up

2

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

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political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics

1