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giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

Italy

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

3

Italian (person)

1

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

1

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

2

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

radical

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medicine manufacture; drug manufacture

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Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

1

after the end (of something); post-

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

2

pharmaceutical (drug) company

5

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

2

location; address

1

Nagoya (city)

1

branch office

3

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

1

depression; recession; slump

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

2

commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial

1

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary

1

over-the-counter drug

1

just how; how (dare you)

2

mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff

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

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

2

representative

1

the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

1

physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

2

people (esp. kids) who spend a lot of time in the streets (of their residential areas), being noisy; group of politicians who support highway construction interests; (lit.) highway tribe

1

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

1

political measures; policy

1

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

2

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

postwar

1

General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

4

rule; reign; government; governing

2

military personnel; soldier

3

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

2

public office

1

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

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