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deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony

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humanism; humanitarianism

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pollution; contamination

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large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting

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shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

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nuclear umbrella

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ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with

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bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate

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submission; resignation

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going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately

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premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

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sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle

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to yell; to shout

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agitate

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to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden

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request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person

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advocate; proponent; supporter

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to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

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constitutional reform; constitutional amendment

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Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

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security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

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(already) known; established

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Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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self-determination; suicide

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large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

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oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night

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nihilistic

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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Cabinet Secretariat

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

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high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree

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to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

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Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA

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Mossad (Israeli secret service)

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small scale

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Intelligence community

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being outstanding; excelling; being foremost

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soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

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clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

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intelligence agency

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just a handful; only a small number (of)

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high dimension; higher dimensions

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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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fluently; without hesitation; without faltering

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feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

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looks; features

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