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rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

3

diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

1

pregnancy; conception

2

sashimi; make-up

2

real experience; actual observations

1

having many children

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

three days and three nights

1

all over the island; throughout the island; on the island

2

east, west, south and north

4

course; direction

3

to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced

1

Galapagos (island chain); Sharp brand of e-readers and mobile phones

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

2

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

Perry; Perry, Matthew C. (1794-1858; American navy officer); Peri; Perri; Pelly; Peli

3

admiral; commodore

1

chronological table

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

8

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

3

society; public; community; social studies

1

if necessary

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

new product

1

insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port

2

slot (e.g. dispensing tickets); outlet

1

lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting

1

toy

1

to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into

1

one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough

1

passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit

1

to repack; to refill

2

weightiness; heaviness

1

line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup

1

Black Tiger (video game)

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

1

colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting

1

Action figure

1

10,000 yen

1

vending machine

1

die; (metal) mold; mould

6

main street

1

capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.); arrest

3

to march (someone) off (e.g. to the police station); to lead away; to take away

2

mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out

2

handcuffs; manacles

6

handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints

2

handcuffs; manacles; confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)

1

spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

1