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Alethea; Alicia

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

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on bad terms; at loggerheads

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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aggression; invasion; raid

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

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three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

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indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal

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custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

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tradition; convention

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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the Industrial Revolution

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to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

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countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

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barbarian; savage

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slaughter; massacre

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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so what!; who gives a damn?

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to fall in love

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fiance; fiancee

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father

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mother

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company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

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royal family

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big shot; higher-ups

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to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

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jus sanguinis; principle that citizenship is determined by that of one's parents

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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political

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position

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citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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chief; main; principal; major

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marriage; matrimony

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to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

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prosperity; thriving; flourishing

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unwanted child; shunned child

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utility value

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does not

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the same opinion

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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