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coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

laughing matter

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

2

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

4

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

1

user; customer

1

all; everyone; everybody

2

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

1

payment

1

to take (be in) charge of

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

1

running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

1

toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)

1

and; although; but

1

barbecue; barbeque; BBQ

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

miscellaneous matters

2

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

2

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

2

something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

5

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

2

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed

1

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

1

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

1

to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

2

Dolph; Dorf

9

simply put

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

use of (military) force

1

to accept the conditions

1

in the end; at the end of the day

1

heart; mind; feelings

1

to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

1

not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

4

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

alliance; union; league

4

assuming that ...; supposing that ...

1

one's own country

1

consideration; taking into account

1

to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

2

east

3

bilateral

1

relationship; relation

2

on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during

1