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every place; various places

4

1,000,000; one million; million; many

2

victims; sufferers

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

hence; for that reason

12

to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire

6

area; region

11

Korean person (esp. North Korean); Korean people

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

vigilance committee; vigilante corps

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

6

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

1

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

2

page

8

although; though; despite the fact that ...

8

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

4

uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)

3

for example; for instance; e.g.

22

world-class; (of) high global reputation

1

street; quarter; district; area

3

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

6

government service; the bureaucracy

7

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

4

both sides

3

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

3

both; both sides; both parties

7

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

2

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

3

Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)

15

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

5

building

20

chief; main; principal; important

1

morning sun

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

4

dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

1

newspaper company

1

medicine manufacture; drug manufacture

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

50

prize; award

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

2

spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

6

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

3

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

8

Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)

1

Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)

2

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

2