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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

4

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

3

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

4

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

2

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

very small

2

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

4

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

3

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

directly; in person; firsthand

2

village headman; village mayor

2

otherwise; or else; if not

2

nowhere

1

righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

2

indignation; resentment

1

party; set; gang; company; person

1

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

1

the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses

3

equality; impartiality; evenness

3

laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

amassing of wealth

1

confidence; popularity

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)

6

islands

8

goodness; good

1

coincidence

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

14

foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic

2

haori (Japanese formal coat)

2

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

within one's means

1

reply; answer

2

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

5

to store; to contain

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

campaigner

2

election

6

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

5

once more; again

9

prisoner

5

soldier; sailor

7

crosswise

1

knowledge; information

7