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coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis

2

superior; better

2

if so; if it be so; in that case; then

1

two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)

1

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

2

thoughts; thinking

2

rice field

1

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

3

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

4

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

13

to obstruct one's way

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

7

demise

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

historic; historical

2

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

4

Meiji Restoration (1868)

2

to indicate; to show; to point to

7

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

5

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

18

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

1

hardships; privations; difficulties

1

hardship; toil; trouble

1

way of life

1

unnecessary; unneeded

13

greedy

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

3

(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

5

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

4

to be hazy; to be misty

1

reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

5

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

1

girl; lass; young thing; chick

3

female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

1

to become weak

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

6

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

13

in puffs; in whiffs; in flashes

1

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

to swallow; to gulp down

4

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

7

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

5