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fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

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mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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Missouri

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independence

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convenience store

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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network

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remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks

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redevelopment

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to settle (a dispute)

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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Buddhist priest; monk; boy

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back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

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baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

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expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

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aggressive

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complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)

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balance

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Hosokawa Katsumoto

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leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

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internal controls, usu. relating to business governance

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

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still; even now; to this day

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doing whatever one pleases

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I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go

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great awakening; great enlightening; greatly awakened person; understanding; comprehension

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this world; this life; world of the living

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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serf

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way; method; means; resource; course

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assault; violence; damaging (someone)

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to have a bitter experience

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in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

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grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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(apportioning) in small amounts

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to be prolonged; to drag on

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thorough; exhaustive; complete

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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the way back

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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