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fighter

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common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion

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course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

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strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

2

ready-made ideas

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to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

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bunt; bunting

2

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

2

hitting

1

social structure; social organization; fabric of society

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inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for

1

paperback edition

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Ono Fuyumi (1960.12.24-)

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dictatorship; despotism

1

head; leader; prime minister

1

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

1

to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish

1

honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish

1

becoming the objective; setting as a goal

1

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

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fiction

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social form

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Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)

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Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu Han; Shu (kingdom in ancient China; ??-316 BCE)

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Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

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a third force

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base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

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Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty

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Emperor Gaozu of Han (BCE 247-195); Liu Bang

1

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

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a bit more; a bit longer

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joker; joker; funny guy

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

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counter for countries

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

1

forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.); railroading; steamrolling; steamrollering

1

surely; certainly

2

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

1

the powers that be

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised

1

resolutely; determinedly; strictly; authoritatively; solemnly; gravely

1

simple; plain

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