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being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding

2

the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people

3

death from disease; death from illness

2

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

4

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

3

Sakurajima

1

major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption

1

that year; same year; same age

1

Akita (city, prefecture)

1

eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

1

water damage; flood disaster

1

fury; power; menace

6

each juncture; each turning point

1

one's whole soul

9

combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)

1

one drop (of fluid)

1

making practical; making useful; implementing

1

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

1

arms; weapon; ordnance

17

certain victory

5

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative

3

Great Kanto earthquake (1923)

7

defense of one's country; defence of one's country

6

countermeasure; counter-measure

7

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition

2

receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

4

review; rehearsal

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

1

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

2

untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)

1

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

3

sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind

2

willpower

5

ocean

3

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

2

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)

2

to tower above; to stand out

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

2

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

2

fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice

7

absolute secrecy

1

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

5

loss of memory; amnesia

2

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

2