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collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

5

government office; agency; board

1

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation

1

foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

ministries and government offices; the authorities

1

number of persons; personnel

2

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

3

back seat (of a car); rear seat

5

Toyota Crown

1

hazard; hazard flashers; hazard warning lights

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

4

mouth of river; estuary

5

river; stream; River; the ... river

6

leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

10

hill; knoll

9

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

7

mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

22

festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

7

alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

1

maple (tree); red leaves (of autumn); autumn colors; layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors; venison

1

stone pillar

2

to mediate; to intervene

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

2

last days; the end; one's fate

2

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

crown (headdress); (dental) crown; dental cap; crown (former British coin); clown

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

4

power; authority; jurisdiction

2

transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution

1

abduction

1

authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office

1

(one's) concern; having (something) to do with

1

standard; set; routine; decided

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

2

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

1

front approach to shrine or temple

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

5

covert action; covert operations

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

5

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

1

tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

4

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

2

custom

2