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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

5

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

thank you

2

famous; fame

1

be; is

1

well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

1

wife

1

adds force or indicates command

2

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

8

map

1

correct answer

1

at that time; in those days

5

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

2

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

1

exposure to wind; severe criticism

1

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

3

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

2

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

legislation; development of laws

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

1

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

seismic intensity

2

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

3

earthquake

3

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

independence; autonomy; self-reliance

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

1

change in the law; legal reform

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

1

unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

half

1

variety; variety show

1

infotainment television program; information program; program of announcements

1