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Soviet Union; USSR

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

2

act of aggression

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

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eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

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self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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Kitakyushu (city)

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit

1

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

3

Nara (city, prefecture)

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Shiga (prefecture)

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

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Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

4

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

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Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan

2

Gifu (city, prefecture)

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

3

becoming active; increase in activity

2

intervention

1

sooner or later; in time; eventually

1

to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

sabotage; subversive activities

3

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion

1

sociability

1

quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

to glance at; to glimpse

1

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

1

Yokosukakou

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

1

emergency

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

2

(necessary) personnel; required person

2

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

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