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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

4

none

1

dust; one ten-billionth

3

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

16

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

7

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

6

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

9

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

3

volt; bolt

2

battery; battery; pitcher and catcher

10

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

47

dry cell; battery

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

30

gasoline; petrol

19

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

4

electricity; (electric) light

9

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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factory; plant; mill; workshop

2

to select; to pick out

2

source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)

4

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

8

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

light bulb

2

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

1

watt

1

only; just

2

long time

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

7

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

11

newspaper

12

banner headline

2

new species; new variety

1

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

5

internal; domestic

1

already; too late

3

100; hundred

7

counter for people

28

attack (disease)

3

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

1

case fatality rate

3

nine; 9

4

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

5

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

1

old newspapers

1

tertian malaria (causing a fever that recurs every second day)

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