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treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear

2

tile

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

2

to turn one's face away

1

cautery; cauterization

3

sight (of a firearm)

2

surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

4

so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch

1

borrowed thing

2

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

ocean

1

lovely; sweet

3

(face) powder

2

fine powder

2

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

small part (of the whole)

1

to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

3

Narcissus

1

to love

1

to want; to seek; to request

2

to drop; to light; to kindle; to make tea

1

Pygmalion (mythology)

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to assume

2

to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

1

dam; dumb

3

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

roofer; thatcher

1

cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

1

belfry; bell tower

1

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

4

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

7

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

Pyrenees

1

kneecap

1

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

1

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

2

slope; slanting surface; bevel

1

rock

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

2

smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

2

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

extensive; spacious; vague; hazy

1