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filthy water; sewage

1

flood; flooding

3

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

advocate; proponent; supporter

1

absolute

2

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

2

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

fork; forkball

3

to put into the mouth; to eat

2

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

4

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

5

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

2

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

2

tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people

2

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

3

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

government expense

1

decision; determination

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

private enterprise

1

credit; claim

1

investor; financier

2

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

2

duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

1

the other day; a few days ago

11

mansion; residence

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

secret; private; surreptitious

4

combination; union; binding; bond

4

plan; policy

4

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

2

inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage

1

being dotted with; being scattered

2

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

3

uncontrollable; irrepressible

1

(former) imperial university

6

assistant professor; associate professor

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

4

nothing but; none other than

2

Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech

1

by (means of); with

3

to sit on a seat

2