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House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)

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church; congregation

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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democracy

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above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

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power struggle

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tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

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it seems that; as if

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to say no more; to sink into silence

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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nothing but; except; no more than

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table

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to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

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having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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stark naked; completely naked; nude

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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to do as one likes

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to become hungry

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generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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search party

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progress; development

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restoration of public order

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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electric current

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bracelet; bangle

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attendance; presence; appearance

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coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

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prisoner; convict

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf

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public execution; public embarrassment

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execution

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level ground; plain; flatland

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to reclaim; to fill up

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

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meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

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place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

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attendee; persons present

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simple; plain; modest

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decoration; arrangement

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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symbol

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to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

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