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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

15

100; hundred

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do

2

pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake

2

lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

2

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

3

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

various foreign countries; several foreign countries

1

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

1

these

2

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

2

dry run; rehearsal

1

election

2

real power

2

every place; various places

2

prefectural governor

1

terrorist

1

I have nothing to do with it

3

hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible

1

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

5

unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

6

smoky; awkward; ill at ease

3

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

3

apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor

1

apathetic; indifferent

1

argument based on emotion; sentimental argument

3

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

10

great cause; moral law; justice

1

to lose sight of; to miss

7

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

4

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

2

to be at a loss for words

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

1

slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)

1

powerless; helpless; incompetent

2

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

3

changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

1

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

1

shopping; purchased goods

9

big man; large man; tall man; giant

6

unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene

2

wild

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

5

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

3

to begin purchasing; to purchase

1