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(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

2

to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

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super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely

1

militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

1

bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

1

boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

2

member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member

1

to stab to death

1

funeral; funeral service

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

3

since then; from that time; ever since

1

father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

1

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

2

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

4

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

2

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

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(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

2

business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

2

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

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anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

1

charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

5

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

only; merely; nothing but; no more than

2

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

2

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

ant

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

2

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

8

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

2

to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death

1

colony

3

to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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