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to try all possible means

1

petition

1

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

3

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

3

monthly salary

20

satisfactory; decent

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

22

approximate age; age range

1

various; many; several

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

cheap; inexpensive

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus

5

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

4

to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own

1

uncle

9

salaried employee

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

2

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

advice; warning

8

as (somebody) says

2

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

3

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

3

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

6

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

5

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

6

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

12

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

6

department (faculty) of literature

2

economics

4

English(-language) literature; British literature

3

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

2

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

7

keen; acute; heartfelt

3

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

1

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

3

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

expiration; termination

1

commuting to school; school commute

5

diligence; industry

1

solid; strong; firm

6

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

4

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

4

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

37

to contract (a disease); to suffer from

19