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joint signature

5

besides; moreover; in addition

1

the times; an age; a day and age

7

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

6

crisis; critical moment; critical time

1

Yoshino

2

bronze

1

make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

2

muzzleloading

1

smooth-bore gun; unrifled gun

1

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

2

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

2

(made of) steel

1

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

1

occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream

1

military affairs

1

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

1

calendar making; number of years; one's fate; the year

1

medicine; (pharmaceutical) drug; medical treatment; medical practice and dispensing of drugs

2

philosophic principles; philosophy

1

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

2

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

trade; commerce

16

Hong Kong

1

Opium War (1840-42)

1

end; conclusion

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

7

personal feelings; self-interest

1

busy; having no time (for)

3

soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial

1

to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

1

tip of the tongue; one's words; (manner of) speech; way of talking

1

main; principal; chief; primary; major

2

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

1

guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter

16

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run

4

orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration

2

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

3

confession; confidential talk; frank talk

1

dwelling; living

3

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

4

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

6

(rocky) beach; seashore

4

beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

3

to cast; to mint; to coin

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

2

shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (of a golf club); mine shaft; pit

2

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

1

anywhere

1