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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

2

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

2

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

8

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

2

lawless area; lawless district

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

legal order

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

6

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

1

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

2

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

5

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

2

karōshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

4

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

serious; severe; grave; acute

2

monthly mean; monthly average

1

overtime (work)

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

1

why; how; for what reason

3

strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

2

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

1

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

5

advance; moving forward; progress

1

defense; defence; fielding

1

generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

1

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

2

questionnaire; survey; poll

3

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

3

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

4

number; amount

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

2

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

just because; even if; even though

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2