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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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twelve; 12; queen

2

first generation; founder

5

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

45

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; match attended by the team's owner

2

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

2

grade; class; degree; magnitude

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rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)

1

occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

2

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

6

we; us

8

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement

2

body temperature

2

rising; ascending; climbing

3

back (of the body)

12

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

1

origin; beginning; source

1

opinion; point of view

1

Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star

3

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

3

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

4

order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan

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forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

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stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

1

to play a central role; to take a leading part

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

3

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

7

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

2

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast

1

branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream

1

group; mass

10

split; division; break up

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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inconvenient

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Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

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all eyes; public attention

1

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

4

to be consistent; to be coherent

2

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

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to rescue; to free

3

to be jumbled together

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

1