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yellow fever

3

elephantiasis

1

Suez Canal

1

excavation; cutting; digging

1

Lesseps

1

Panama Canal; Panaman Canal

1

failure; mistake; blunder

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

3

construction work

1

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

1

Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)

1

spirochaete; spirochete; Treponema pallidum (species of spirochaete that causes syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws)

1

one's personal opinion

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

infection; contagion; becoming infected

1

Japanese encephalitis

1

epidemic

1

plague; black plague

7

pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen

3

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis)

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

2

cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)

1

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen

6

counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)

1

contraction of a disease; morbidity

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

Crusades; Crusaders

1

returned soldier

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)

1

period; Nihon-shoki

4

long period (of time)

1

5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many

1

population; common talk

3

solely; entirely; only; or

1

tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti)

1

typhus (epidemic)

1

to be infected; to be contagious

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

cockroach

3

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

2

bacterium; bacteria; germ

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

1