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and; as well as

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affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

1

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

1

traditional; from ancient times; formerly

1

state of the war; war situation

1

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage

2

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

2

one by one; one after another

1

pure; clean; purity

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

fiction

1

metropolis; large city

1

technology

1

pollution; contamination

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embodiment; realization; materialization

1

paradise; Eden

1

ambition; aspiration

1

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

2

country; territory; domain; realm

2

colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

1

Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People

1

(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito

1

pro-American

2

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

2

to blame; to find fault with

1

Zuru

1

residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer

2

mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage

1

national power

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

2

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

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United States and China; Sino-American

2

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

1

island area; insular region

4

great war; great battle; world war

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Italy

1

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

2

ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving

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clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record

1

small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit

3

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

to become better; to improve

3

Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997); Teng Hsiao-p'ing

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relating to the USA; toward America; with America

3

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

2

freight and passengers

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car ferry

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