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well; now; then

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

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Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; Japanese Red Army; JRA

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annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

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to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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finish; finishing; finishing touches

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to pass away; to die

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to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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wishful

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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(national) capital (city); metropolis

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cheering in chorus; saying in unison

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to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

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end of war; cessation of hostilities

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gambling den; gambling house

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Vietnam

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Afghan; Afghanistan; afghan (blanket, shawl)

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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youth; adolescence; springtime of life

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enjoyment; pleasure

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appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

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heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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concrete jungle

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as below; as follows

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to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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to switch off; to turn off

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self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

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division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly

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Kansuke

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remainder; the rest; what is left

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thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father

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to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

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leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

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to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

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mutual love

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(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

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digest; summary; abridgment

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subjective

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entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

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division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

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fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

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while; during; performed in this condition

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sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

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