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vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms

1

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

1

anti-terrorist

5

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

3

importance; gravity

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superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

4

(exercising) the right to command

3

folding umbrella

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ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

4

vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation

1

plastic container (e.g. gas can, water can or similar)

1

gallon

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

4

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

7

blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair

1

white (complexion); fair-skinned

1

explosive (material)

2

tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

arson; setting fire

1

accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding

1

burnt corpse

2

point in time; occasion

4

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

2

dampening (sound); diminishing (chord, interval)

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

1

to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced

2

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

3

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

to fold (one's) arms; to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

2

mother ship

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

2

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

4

what's what; heads or tails

2

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

2

connection; link; relationship

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incendiary device

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battery; cell

4

contrary to one's expectations

2

conservative

6

housing district; residential district

2

degree of exposure

2

cleavage (between breasts)

2

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

1

glossy; bright; slick

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Gucci

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handbag; purse

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street corner

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