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epidemic; plague; pestilence

8

pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen

2

dysentery

1

plague; black plague

1

smallpox; variola

1

influenza; flu

1

typhoid fever

1

whooping cough; pertussis

1

cholera

1

malaria

1

yellow fever

1

diphtheria

1

lethal

1

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

1

sphere of influence

3

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

1

islander

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

3

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

2

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

4

seven

3

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

3

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest

2

appalling; awful; extreme pain; deep sorrow

2

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

5

calamity; disaster; catastrophe

2

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

2

being too late; losing one's final chance

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

3

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

5

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

recovery; undoing; recall

2

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

strict; stern

1

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

3

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

3

appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune

3

nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

1

Rikuchū (former province located in present-day Iwate Prefecture and parts of Akita Prefecture)

2

emigrant; immigrant

2

conqueror

1

to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

5

distant land; remote location; distant province

1