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parliamentary system

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

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smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed

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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

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next term; next period; next version; next release

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collective view; collective opinion; consensus

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(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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trivial; not amounting to much

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

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rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

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re-; again

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protest campaign; demonstration

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last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

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to turn against; to become an enemy

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union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

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lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation

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leaving everything up to someone else

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way of talking; speaking style

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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

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bullying; teasing

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to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

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conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

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dictatorial

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to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse

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art; fine arts

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magazine; journal

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column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

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son

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son; penis

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to paint a picture; to draw a picture

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

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doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

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to well up; to burst; to arise

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call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

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rational; logical; coherent

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the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

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to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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overlapping; piling; stacking

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Emperor of Japan

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cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

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to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

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to straighten up; to sit upright

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lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master

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high-ranking; senior

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