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throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

2

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

2

like; as if; the same as

1

plants; vegetation

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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Ōita (city, prefecture)

1

ninth day of the month; nine days

1

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

2

to have a meal; to take a meal

1

noon; midday

1

radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)

2

chopsticks

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

5

unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

1

standing at attention

2

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

4

interval; break; pause; spare moment

1

octave

1

broken; intermittent; disconnected

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

1

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

1

dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible

1

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

1

graciously

1

the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound

2

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

1

announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

1

clearness; clear understanding

1

defend and maintain; support; protection

2

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

1

though; notwithstanding; although

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

1

imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War; portrait or photo of a person of high rank

1

(Japanese) empress; queen

1

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

2

school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

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to prostrate oneself before

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

2

apology

1

grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation

1

heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking

1

Miyagi (prefecture)

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1