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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

1

war preparation

1

English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit

1

Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)

1

partitioning screen

4

to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

1

especially; above all; particularly; among other things

1

very; berry; belly

1

maid; helper; help; assistance

1

glossy; bright; slick

1

to be clear-headed; to be brainy

1

flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

1

Zetkin

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

2

war of aggression; war of conquest

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

first issue

1

to file (away); to keep on file; to bind up (e.g. between pages); to insert

3

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

1

highly ridiculous; quite absurd

2

commentator

1

overseas; abroad

1

Kōtoku Shuusui (1871-1911)

4

Sakai Toshihiko (1871.1.15-1933.1.23)

1

Kinoshita Naoe (1869-1937)

1

Fusajirō

1

Hanjirō

1

historic; historical

1

publication; issue; launching (a publication)

1

drifting; drift; being adrift

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

1

son

1

anarchist

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

tax increase

1

joint translation (translation carried out by more than one person)

1

to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at

2

clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good

1

vulgarization; vulgarisation; secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation

1

Iskra

1

Russia

1

socialist (person)

1

Kuroiwa Ruikou (1862.11.20-1920.10.6)

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Uchimura Kanzou

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information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

anti-war argument; pacifism

1

meeting hall; assembly hall

1

sudden change; complete change

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

2