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Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF

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scramble

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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ballistic missile

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Korean peninsula

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mutual distrust

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nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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George Washington

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excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

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eddies of wind around high buildings

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(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict

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on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

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to escape danger

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

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railway bridge; iron bridge

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location

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railroad bridge

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both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

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exit (for disembarking passengers)

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main girder

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

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roadbed

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(train) conductor

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Asakusabashi Station

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to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

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lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call

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to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

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extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

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pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)

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bad road

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completely; not at all

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to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

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whitish

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overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

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booster

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dynamic lift; lifting power

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

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missile attack

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body part

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sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

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arch; home run

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overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overheard wire

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top (side); surface

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

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