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earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

2

phenomenon

1

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

4

politician; statesman

1

declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

4

acceleration; speeding up

1

pension system (scheme)

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

wedding

3

business world; business circles; (the) industry

3

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

1

professor; teaching; instruction

37

every week

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

3

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

2

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

4

marriage agency; matrimonial agency; matchmaking service

1

initiation fee; admission fee

1

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

2

the person himself

1

ignoring (one thing) for (another)

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

is not; am not; are not

6

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

1

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

1

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

2

stopping one night

1

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

1

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

2

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

2

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

nature; character

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

feelings of guilt

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

cancellation

2

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

1

tax

1

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

1

fine; penalty

2

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

society; public; community; social studies

3

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

5

world; society

1