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action committee; executive committee

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

high-technology

1

authentication by facial recognition

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

purchase; buying

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

estimate (of costs); budget

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

security firm; security company

1

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

1

intervention

1

guess; speculation; supposition

2

parties in government; the government and the ruling parties

2

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2

Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary

2

grandchild

2

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

1

extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true

1

following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

1

average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

1

climax; uprush; bulge

1

clock; watch; timepiece

1

program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)

1

rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns

1

that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

1

(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart

1

professional wrestling

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ring; arena; ring

1

professional sumo wrestling

1

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

superhero in a tokusatsu TV show (e.g. Ultraman, Kamen Rider)

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

young and energetic; up-and-coming

1

young person

1

third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

4

seventeen; 17

1

national convention; national competition; national athletic meet

1

participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

2

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

1

interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)

1

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

1

Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)

1

mysterious person

2

violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand

1

stage show featuring superhero characters from tokusatsu films and TV series

2

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2