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weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

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petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

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as far as I know

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male homosexuality; pederasty

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to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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Keiji

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kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior

1

charisma

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extremely; terrifically; super

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thickness

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to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

1

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

5

to repeat; to be frequent

2

Imperial Court

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(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag

2

pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

1

trend of the times; way things are going

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

2

lord of a manor; estate steward

1

derivation

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rule; reign; government; governing

6

big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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Japan

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centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

1

ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework

1

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

to accord someone every courtesy

1

minimum; at the very least

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dictatorship; despotism

2

dictator; despot

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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armed forces; military; troops

2

civilian control (of the military)

2

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

end goal; final target

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(exercising) the right to command

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riskiness; (level of) danger

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instinctive; instinctual

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Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

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