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appalling; awful; horrible; horrifying; ghastly

1

picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops

1

outset; start; beginning

1

sea of blood; pool of blood

2

to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards

1

taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)

1

to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

4

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

3

to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate

1

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

12

to leave behind

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inheritance; something given or received

2

to be heartbroken; to have one's heart break; to be overwhelmed with grief

1

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

2

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed

1

loser; the defeated

1

disgrace; shame; insult

2

had better ...; may as well ...

1

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

4

to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)

1

taboo; contraindication

2

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

2

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

3

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

3

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

1

intimidation; threat; bluster

2

counter for (school) periods; nth period

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

2

apocalypse

5

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

1

superiority complex; sense of superiority

2

incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

3

forest; woods

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pond

2

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

1

originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

1

one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

1

zero; nought

1

head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace

1

taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute

1

to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

2

my spouse; my wife; my husband

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princess; consort

1

excessive flattery; adulation

1

(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels

2