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with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor

2

shriek of delight; cry of joy

1

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

2

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

sand; grit

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

2

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

2

leading product; flagship product; top product

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

sense of responsibility

1

storefront; shopfront

1

beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

7

memorial ceremony

1

Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

Shinkansen; bullet train

1

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

1

Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

1

Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)

2

common reed (Phragmites australis)

2

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

1

construction work

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

snow; snowfall

5

exhibition; display

4

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

1

(one's parents') home

1

rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection

1

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl

1

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

4

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

as soon as; right after

1

earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

7

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

justice; fairness; impartiality

2