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the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

2

unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust

2

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

1

vested rights

1

do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end

1

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

1

right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank

1

nationalism; patriotism

1

(eligible) voter; elector; holder of a right; rightsholder; bigwig; person with political clout

1

20 years old

1

voter turnout; (polling) turnout

1

old person; old people

4

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

3

aqueduct; water bridge

1

pacifism

1

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

11

old woman

1

donation; contribution; offering

1

summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena

1

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

1

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

1

sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)

1

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

3

to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

2

to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets

1

drinking straw; straw

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

2

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

1

financier; business leader

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

2

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

3

bypass

1

vested interests

1

focus; nidus; lesion

3

leaking out; leak

1

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

1

rookie

1

many; numerous

2

personality; style; appearance

1

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

2

to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

1

transfer of control

3

pus; corruption; rot; evils

1

(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

1

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

1

separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

1

calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal

1