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buying; purchasing

1

already; time flies

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

18

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

3

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

4

slump; lull; becoming slack (of a rope, etc.)

1

conclusion; completion

4

I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...

1

these days; nowadays; recently

4

established practice; custom

4

monthly publication; monthly issue

1

comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

2

great king

1

turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga

3

drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs

1

(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

1

water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

7

novel; story; (work of) fiction

3

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

comic book version; comic book edition

1

political force

1

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

4

council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees

14

total population

2

100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8

1

the big three ...

6

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

1

emergency

2

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

88

foreign enemy; outside invader

1

charter

8

bay

15

(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium

15

Julius

161

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

3

Fifth

4

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

2

tactician; strategist

2

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

7

good luck; fortune

4

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

2

Troyes (France)

3

buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement

1

way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

8

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)

1

cone

1

mountain top; summit; peak

1

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

1