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permafrost

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

2

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

1

to increase; to grow

2

dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

to become pale; to turn pale

4

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

6

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

2

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

1

to be smashed up

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

2

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

3

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

4

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

1

to burn; to get fired up

7

one minute

1

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

1

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

9

to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

3

veil of darkness; curtain of night

1

assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

2

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

1

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

1

superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

2

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up

1

angry voice

3

several minutes; a few minutes

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

2

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

even

2

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

black smoke

2

soundproofing

1

riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

2

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

ability; faculty

3