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reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

2

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

2

decision; vote

1

workforce reduction; personnel cut

1

final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

5

inspection; observation

2

in order; sequential; seriatim

1

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

visit; call

1

to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

2

private; personal

2

public; official

3

impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

1

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

2

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

2

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

2

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome

1

appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting

1

contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden

1

slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking

1

mine (ore)

7

operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial

1

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

2

to turn completely into; to become completely

1

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

1

code of law; body of law

1

preface; foreword; introduction

1

punishment; penalty

1

crime

1

large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting

2

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

Moritz

2