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proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude

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judo

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ability; skill; facility

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kingmaker

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WikiLeaks

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classified document; confidential document

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future years; in (one's) later years

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(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

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Shinji

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adviser; advisor

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entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

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changing for the better

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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support; backing; patronage

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bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

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public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow

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complete revocation; total retraction

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

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lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)

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educational institution; school; academy; campus

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having ended; being resolved

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deflation

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oversupply (of goods, etc.); excessive supply

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main cause; primary factor

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subprime loan; subprime lending

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financial products; financial instruments

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opening up of a market; market liberalization

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taking the mound; pitching a game

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poor health; failing health

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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family lineage

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inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

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cerebrovascular disease

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to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

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monetary easing

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rapid succession (e.g. questions)

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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epicenter; epicentre

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Barak

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Ohama

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lost twenty years; period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

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this year

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certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

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economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy

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terrorist

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forced termination

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sovereign nation

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judgment; judgement; discernment

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decisiveness

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