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on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

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touch; contact

3

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

3

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

2

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

4

choosing one from among several; multiple choice

1

decision; determination

1

today; this day

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

2

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

3

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

repair; mending

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

during; for the duration of

1

Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)

1

Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)

1

and (also); both ... and; as well as

1

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

each prefecture; all prefectures

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

1

automatic

1

Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

sorting fruit

1

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

1

if it is the case that ...

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

at any rate; anyhow

2

of course; certainly; naturally

1

natural calamity; disaster

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

assistant inspector

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

2

case; situation

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

feigned ignorance

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

1

criminal; culprit

3

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

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