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Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

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transport ship; troop ship

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submarine

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to have a narrow escape from death

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survivor

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undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

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to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

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house of an imperial prince

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to buy up

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making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught

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post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction

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funds; capital

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advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

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to kick over; to kick down

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bribery scandal

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participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

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

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summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena

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tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place

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to escape from; to get out

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severe; fierce; stern

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shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

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energetic; vigorous

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modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

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sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

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running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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unmarried; single

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outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo

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handicap

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(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

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without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

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to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

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half day

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diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

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hourglass; sandglass

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younger sister

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unhesitatingly

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breast pocket

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to do (a person) good; to bring profit

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captive; prisoner (of war)

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to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

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to let one's guard down

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regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

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to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

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