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to anticipate; to foresee

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similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain

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large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale

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feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season

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easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

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Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867; samurai and politician)

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reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)

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Iseya Yūsuke (1976.5.29-)

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Hollywood movie

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now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)

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moment by moment; hour by hour

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all of the United States; the whole of the USA; all of North and South America; the entire Americas

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Hollywood

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to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily

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human history

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Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

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misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

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to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand

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striking; remarkable; considerable

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Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation

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joke

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piggybacking marketing; method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)

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problem-solving

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

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to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

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comeback; recovery; restoration; rally

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breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

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party venue; place for a party; banquet hall

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looking or acting as if one owned the place

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striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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(period of) one year

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medal; badge; insignia

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acqua pazza (poached fish)

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terrine

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plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

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during

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inexpert or untrained eyes

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camerawork

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timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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moneymaking; earning money

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poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful

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base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

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