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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous

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hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

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popular front

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failure; mistake; blunder

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impossibility

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

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yourself; himself; herself

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to think (something) strange

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that in itself; as such

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at the present time; as of now; at this time

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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most important

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

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first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all

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(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

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basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

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to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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to pretend; to act (as if)

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revolutionary government

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democratic government; democratically elected government

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easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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(by) both oneself and others

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convenient; handy; useful

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fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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Osaragi Jirō (1897.10.9-1973.4.30; author of historical fiction novels)

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Hasegawa Sin

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bravery; courage; heroism

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Hisao Jūran (1902.4.6-1957.10.6)

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Shishi Bunroku (1893.7.1-1969.12.13)

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innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

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coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer

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original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)

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of long standing; long-pending; long-cherished; for years (past); over a period of years; for a long time

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narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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spirit; esprit; wit

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(contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world

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formal (way); orthodox; regular; in earnest; serious; proper

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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eccentricity

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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burakumin area

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