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to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

2

certainly; surely; definitely

3

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

to remain; to be left

3

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

to take (adopt) measures

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

central government

4

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

3

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

18

such; like that; in that way

1

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

1

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

1

experience

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

2

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

4

should; must; -able; probably; likely

6

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

3

how; in what way; how about

6

to accept; to receive; to agree

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

to say; to be called; to do

3

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

3

working as a lady's maid

2

woman; girl

2

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

2

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

3

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

6

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

5

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

1

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

1