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Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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military personnel; soldier

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postwar

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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but; however; although

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immediately; right away; at once; instantly

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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high (lofty) ambition

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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to throw oneself (into an activity)

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old system; old order

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senior high school; high school

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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at that time; in those days

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scruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)

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Hitotsubashi University

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

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one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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thirty; 30

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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coincident with; while; simultaneously

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in those days

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consumer society

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rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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Yuujirou

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

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to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

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