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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

2

matter for the police; brush with the law

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

7

acceptance

9

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

9

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

corpse; dead person

1

wounded person; injured person

1

to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

8

workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced

1

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

2

to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

7

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

50

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

16

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

7

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

3

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

3

legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer

1

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

3

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

to be of no importance

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

10

legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force

1

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

2

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

12

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

2

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

4

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

3

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

7

indignation; resentment

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

5

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

12

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

3

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

1

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

8

impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

5

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

10

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

9

Sakurada Gate; Sakuradamon; southern gate of the Tokyo Imperial Palace; Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

1

Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

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