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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

3

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

text; textbook

1

since then; from that time; ever since

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

4

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

4

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

4

to increase; to multiply

2

to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

2

papermaking; paper manufacture

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

3

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

to spread; to be propagated

2

before long; even now

2

those (near the second person)

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

4

minority group (party); minority

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

11

recent years

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

depth; deep place

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

during the war

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

3

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

2

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

2

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

3

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

8

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

4

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

2

only; nothing but

4

amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

4

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

7

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

4

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

should; must; -able; probably; likely

2

to rest one's chin in one's hands

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1