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crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes

1

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

1

bell (often globular)

2

introduction; preface

1

main discourse; this subject; body (of a speech)

3

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

outline; summary; argument

1

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

2

to weaken

1

deceleration

1

Tower of Babel

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to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

2

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

dictatorship; despotism

2

monopole; singular pole; unipole

1

territory

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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policy making

2

social structure

4

what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

1

writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter

1

Haruki

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lesson one; first lesson

2

administrative official; secretary; commissioner

2

international economy

1

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

diplomatic relations

10

establishment; founding; setting (a record)

7

importance; priority

1

steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader

2

in the ministry; in the department

1

to throw into; to dump in together

1

international cultural exchange

1

Assistant Vice-Minister; Deputy Director-General; Councillor

1

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

1

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

1

Cabinet Secretariat

3

easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

1

preparation room

15

selection; choice; picking out

5

to get someone to say; to make someone say

1

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel

2

to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire

1

dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)

1

to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

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private house

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