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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

century

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rivers

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(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge

2

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

Tsugaru Strait

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Aomori (city, prefecture)

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

1

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

1

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

1

local residents

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

1

Seikan tunnel

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

4

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

2

transmission; propagation; spread

1

construction; establishment

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

1

wavy form; ripply shape; waveform

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

on the occasion of

1

ingredient; component; composition

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

1

to tower over the surroundings

1

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

1

light brown; tawny

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attached matter; attached substances; accretion; incrustation

1

rooftop

1

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

1

pitch black

1

season; time of year

1

Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

1

similar to; like

2

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

sightseeing; tourism

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

how many years; how long; what year

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expansion; extension

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