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ながたちょう
永田町
かすみ
せき
マスコミ
すく
巣食
クズなんてゴミ
はこ
てろ
title of book, album etc.
Throw the Scumbags Haunting Nagata-cho, Kasumigaseki, and Mass Media into the Trash Can!
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Words
noun
Nagata-chou (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
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Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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noun
1. area in Tokyo
2. Japanese government departments (euph)
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noun
mass communication; the media  (abbreviation)
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Most common form: 巣くう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to build (a nest); to nest
2. to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
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Most common form:
noun
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot
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noun or verb acting prenominally, adverb
1. how ..!; what ..!  (often written with kana only)
2. what (questioning)
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noun
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: はこ
noun
1. box; case; chest; package; pack
2. car (of a train, etc.)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
2. to abandon; to desert; to leave
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Kanji
エイ   long time   なが long (time)   
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ice   
スイ   みず water   
デン   た rice field   
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
なかぐろ middle dot   
カ   かすみ fog   かす to be misty, hazy; to get blurry   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
また again   
フ   あめ rain   
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カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
モン   かど gate   
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ソウ   す a nest   
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カ    result   はたす to carry out   は end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
はこ box   
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ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
bamboo
シャ   すてる to throw away   
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hand
シャ    house, hut, barracks   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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