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record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

2

nothing but; except; no more than

2

look, look!

2

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

3

memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage

1

don't you think?; indicates question

2

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

2

this person; he; she

3

serial murders

1

since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

3

to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

1

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

1

to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

1

student (esp. a university student)

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

6

mountaineering club; mountain area

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

I; me

8

junior high school student; middle school pupil

1

history

1

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to dig out; to pick up

1

revival; restoration; resuscitation

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

2

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

2

direct vassal of the shogunate (Edo period); direct retainer of the shogun (e.g. a hatamoto)

1

only; sole; unique

2

decapitation

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

meaning; called; said

2

money

2

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

1

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

5

house; family

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

5

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

1

even now; still; as yet

1

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

1