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infrastructure improvement

2

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

public works; public-works projects; public utilities

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself

1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

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manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost

2

coke (carbon fuel)

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coal

3

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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fuel

2

(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management

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gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

2

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

1

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

1

four people

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1

winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

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Tanaka Kōichi (1959.8.3-)

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Tohoku University

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faculty of engineering; school of engineering; college of engineering; department of engineering

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electrical engineering

2

department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

1

device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

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works; factory; plant

2

joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company

1

doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign

1

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

1

press conference; news conference

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

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pharmaceutical company

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

molecular weight

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

chemical

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protein

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molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle

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