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to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

1

draw (in competition); tie game

2

Jesse; Jessie

1

huge success

1

birth (regal); nativity

1

grand event; grand enterprise

1

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

national power

2

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

4

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

passage; fare; shipping charges

2

price hike; mark-up

2

to call out; to ask someone to come

1

national finance; central government finance

1

remaining; left-over; excess

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

9

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

2

marsh land; swamp

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

2

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

3

favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome

1

disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality

1

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

3

prompt; immediate; in real time

1

Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

1

civil rights

3

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

2

to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

as planned

1

early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)

3

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

1

sudden price jump; steep price rise

1

unjust; inhuman

1

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

1

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

being the sole winner; winner-take-all

2

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

3

toy balloon

2

to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag

2

letter of resignation

2

greedy; avaricious; covetous

2