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indispensable; essential; necessary

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

3

belief; faith; conviction

10

resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

4

founding of a nation

1

colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

4

to perceive; to understand

1

to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

1

share; portion; quota; cut

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

11

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

5

find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

3

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

1

trading company

2

(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

1

branch manager; manager of a branch office

1

war funds; war expenditures

2

loan

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

3

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

not; does not exist

2

unfortunately; regrettably

6

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

2

large enterprise; big business; large undertaking

1

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

to do

1

Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

31

enlistment; recruitment

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

14

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

4

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

5

military provisions and cavalry horse fodder

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly

1

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

1

military service; conscription

1

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

1

scree

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

2

draft evasion; evading conscription

1

eating house; restaurant that serves simple food

7

oneself; one's body

3

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

2

anti-Japanese

12

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

2

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

3

to clap

2

radical

1

vigorous man; man in his prime; activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period); freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)

1

direct Imperial rule

1