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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

9

all over Japan

2

martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)

2

cheerful; lively; lighthearted

4

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

5

minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

9

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

2

Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)

1

Nagasaki (city)

1

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

1

enemy nation

2

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

3

Carnegie Mellon University

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

8

northwestern

1

business management

2

master's (degree)

1

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

(academic) degree

2

return to one's country; return to one's hometown

8

Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency

3

everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing

3

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

45

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

19

member of the Lower House

9

prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva)

7

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

2

House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

5

snap election; snap general election

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

22

failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize

3

to leave the government service

1

to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

1

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

martial artist

8

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

2

to improve one's skill

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

10

to know (someone); to think; to believe

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

professional duties

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

15

daimyo in the Warring States period

1

conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

military commander

1

groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

3

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

3