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slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction

2

half-nakedness

1

trial and error

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

4

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

2

(national) capital (city); metropolis

1

minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

3

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

1

fundamentalist

2

falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

2

life; thread of life

1

to maintain; to continue to have

2

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

ghoul

1

rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)

4

safe; vault; storage cabinet

2

human; personal

1

healer

1

exorcist

1

holy knight

1

priest soldier; warrior monk

1

to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead

1

Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan

2

erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction

1

legal

1

person of high rank or position

1

excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over

1

particular; hard to please; fussy

1

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism

1

printing technique

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

1

loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

1

telecommunications; correspondence

2

loss

1

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

time passes

4

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

2

ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven

1

sense of loss; feeling of loss

2

expectation; anticipation; forecast

2

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

7

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

3

murder case

1

going unsolved; remaining unanswered

1