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conferring of decorations

2

season; time of year

2

decoration; order; medal

6

ordering (materials); placing an order; order

2

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

6

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

4

mint bureau; mint

1

reception of a decoration; reception of an order

3

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

3

each; respectively

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

2

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

3

medal

3

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

commemorative medal

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

5

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

4

to become; to amount to

1

small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

7

business opportunity

1

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

3

business world; business circles; (the) industry

3

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

6

reason; pretext; motive

12

several tens

2

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

7

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

3

factory; plant; mill; workshop

2

noise; din

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

6

(car) horn; klaxon

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

brain; brains; mind

2

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

3

relief; peace of mind

4

mere; simple; sheer

1

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

3

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss

3

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

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