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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

8

one's principles and position

1

individual; private person; personal; private

33

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

3

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

1

political party

2

allotment; apportionment; share; dividend

2

advertising rates

1

subscription charge

1

operating or carrying on simultaneously

1

daily publication; daily issue

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

area; region

1

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

1

Taiwan

1

Korea

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

2

Manchuria

1

Shanghai (China)

1

Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman

1

low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

2

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

6

everywhere; at every turn

1

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

2

and then; and so; and; so then

2

readership; target audience (of a magazine)

2

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

7

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

13

(social) class; rank; grade

13

newspaper company

4

enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

3

examination method; method of investigation; search procedure

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

7

questionnaire

1

reply; answer

2

percent; percentage

2

morning sun

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

the newspaper industry

1

to express; to show

3

sending; forwarding; shipping

2

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

1

response rate; percentage of replies

1

Kanagawa (prefecture)

1