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degeneration; retrogression

1

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

1

earthworm

2

division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

5

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

2

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

4

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

to burrow through; to dig through

1

carapace; shell; crust

1

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

3

file; rasp

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

10

lamprey; lamprey eel

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

adult organism; imago

1

direct descent; direct line

1

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

1

huge body; large build

3

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

dozens; scores of; decades

1

myth; legend

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

7

to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

2

lonely figure

1

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

4

agreement; stipulation; contract

1

chief god

2

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

4

administration; governance; the authorities; authority

4

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

5

Buddhist priest

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

9

high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

1

big talk; braggadocio

1

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

all living things; mankind; the people; the world

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

2

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

8

water's surface

2

to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle

2

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

15

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

2