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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

3

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

1

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

bullet (from a rifle)

1

hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail

1

valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum

1

to hide oneself

1

genuine; authentic; true; pure

1

cholera

1

scandal; deplorable event

1

also-ran; non-winner

1

second class

1

attendance; serving

1

to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as

2

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

servants

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

4

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

2

accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

very bottom; rock bottom

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

marketable securities; stocks and bonds

1

defrauding; swindle

1

bond; bill; certificate; security

1

family or person with samurai ancestors

1

stipend; reward

1

public debt; public bond; government securities

1

financial difficulty; distress

2

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

5

retirement at one's own request

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

4

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2

furniture

1

garden tree

1

to sell out; to exhaust one's stock

1

eldest brother

5

every month; monthly; month by month

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

5

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

1