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extremely; very much

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

1

kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present

1

banquet; dinner party

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

farewell party

1

make no progress; remain unsettled

1

in-patients

1

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

2

name; title

2

radiant energy

1

everywhere; at every turn

1

Masamune Hakuchou (1879-1962)

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novelist; fiction writer

1

essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

1

triple alliance

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

1

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

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newsreel

1

Hitler

4

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

1

unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

1

declaration; profession

1

arriving in Japan; visiting Japan

1

prefectural governor

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

to win; to gain victory

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

public opinion

1

prefectural governor

1

citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen

2

official notice

1

the present time; new; recent

1

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

fighting spirit

1

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

1

strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

1