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careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

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private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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leadership; initiative; spearhead

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Alpha and Omega

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ethics; morals

2

model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example

2

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

4

novel; (short) story

2

morals

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to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from

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to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

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Theodore Sturgeon

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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out of print

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masterpiece

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difficult to obtain; difficult to get

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bastards; guys; lads

1

I; we

1

literature

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avid reader; bookworm

1

system; organization; organisation; architecture

1

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

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pit; shaft

2

modern society

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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to carry in; to bring in

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supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal

4

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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tip of the iceberg

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video game (played on a home console)

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play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying

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instant foods

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hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

1

clean (pure) culture

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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one end; an end; part; fragment

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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height above sea level

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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

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fixer

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you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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(political) power; authority; influence

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