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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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belief; faith; conviction

3

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

3

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

view; outlook; prospect

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

3

international cooperation

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Official Development Assistance; ODA

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Official Development Assistance; ODA

1

developing country

2

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

2

document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

end-of-year

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interview; oral examination

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

erosion control

2

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

2

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

2

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

2

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

sentiment; sentimentality

2

was

2

to pass (examination)

2

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

1

beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue

1

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

3

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

postponement; deferment; adjournment

1

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

court service

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

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

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

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