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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

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to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

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to get a big surprise; to be astonished; to have one's breath taken away; to be taken aback

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how many years; how long; what year

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to cultivate a better understanding

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outline; summary; gist; basic points

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unable to wait

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demand for; request

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good catch; good haul

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

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one by one; one at a time; in turn

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self-indulgent pleasure

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

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lumping together; putting all together

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oof (i.e. a grunt of effort); a lot; plenty

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just managing; with great difficulty

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modern state; modern nation

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looking or acting as if one owned the place

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raptor; bird of prey; predatory bird

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chick; baby bird

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civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

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opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum

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steam engine

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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cruiser (warship)

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state; country; nation

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Unebi

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France

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Japan

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navigation; cruise

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bridge (e.g. on a warship)

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selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans

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captain (of a warship)

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to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

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biaxial

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cylindrical boiler

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group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

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sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches

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effigy; likeness; portrait; statue

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impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

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flat; even; level

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darkness

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to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

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to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

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investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into

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returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

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specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

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