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to start; to begin; to commence

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business scheme

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gossip; corner of the mouth

1

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

2

cold war

2

American-Soviet

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

geopolitical; geostrategic

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

1

major powers of the world; great powers

1

visiting one's constituency; (arch.) feudal lord's return to his estate

1

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

5

democratic nation; democratic country

1

rebirth; reincarnation

1

post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction

2

second place

1

hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

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Asian countries; Asian nations

4

economic development

2

colonization; colonisation

1

Far East

1

European countries; European nations

1

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

1

superpower; superstate

1

dividing into parts

1

Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries

1

(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

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island country

1

product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics

2

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

1

to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

1

industrial goods

1

unique; individual; original; unusual

1

cold war era

1

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking

3

shoes

2

monster

2

large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

2

waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

8

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

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personal identification number; PIN; password number

2

birthday

2

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

than; other than; except; but

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