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volunteer

6

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

2

picking up trash; collecting garbage

4

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

3

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

1

home area; home town; local

2

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

2

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

4

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

rotund; plump; chubby

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

1

Japan

3

representative; exemplary; model

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

2

who the heck; just who

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

3

incident; affair; happening; event

1

summer term (e.g. school); summer period

1

short course; training

1

periodic; regular; routine

1

perseverance makes one stronger; slow but steady wins the race

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

1

results; record; grades; marks

3

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

5

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

3

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than

1

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

1

continuing one's education into university

1

beyond that point; after that

3

finding employment; getting a job

1

salary; wages; pay

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

3

national and public

1

private (establishment)

1

top university; leading university; first-rate university

1

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

1