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1 self-defense force

2 the Japanese armed forces

1 to entice

2 to lead astray

1 alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)

1 loud voice

1 Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany

1 wise man

1 lexeme

1 (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip

1 to go on a trip

1 (coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)

1 more (than sth else)

2 even more

1 police cordon

2 alert level

1 bridge rectifier (electricity)

1 Okinawa, Japan

1 John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

1 Korean nuclear problem

1 to make empty promises

1 a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)

2 (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)