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attendance; presence; appearance

2

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

root of all evil

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

2

you (plural)

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

above all else; more than anything

1

preference; priority; precedence

1

nature; property; disposition

1

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

1

criminal; culprit

1

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

Honshikakyou

2

steadily

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

2

caisson

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

3

the other day; a few days ago

2

datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin

1

world's largest

1

longest; oldest

1

full portrait; whole aspect; full story

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

bridge girder

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

4

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

external; outside

1

inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited

1

characteristic; feature; special quality

1

backwardness; underdevelopment

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

6

depopulation

1

tendency; trend; inclination

2

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

bridge building; bridge; cross-linking

5

waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

1

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

1

disregarding; ignoring

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

promotion; encouragement

4

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

3