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Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force

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(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics

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major (JGSDF)

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disputed territory; conflict area

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dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

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today; this day

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to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

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it's not much, but ...

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all; everyone; everybody

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to eat; to drink

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full dress; formal dress; uniform

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present (brought by a visitor); gift

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box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)

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glass; pane

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make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

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low table; table with very short legs

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model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

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hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

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slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

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cake served with tea; teacake

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei

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chat over tea; gossip; small talk

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to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

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to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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destination; place where one is visiting

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manners; courtesy; etiquette

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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siblings; brothers and sisters

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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conviction; belief; confidence

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

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peacekeeping operations; PKO; price-keeping operation; PKO

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battlefield; battleground

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not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

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face

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seeing; looking at

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

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so; therefore; and; (and) then

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inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for

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now that; since; so long as; because

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