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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

jurisdiction; control

5

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

4

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

3

to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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to keep face; to save face; to not lose face

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distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)

5

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

2

(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work

1

to investigate; to examine

1

court-martial

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criminal investigation; prosecution; examination; investigation

2

prosecution; indictment

1

regiment of military policemen

2

direct

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establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

2

instigation and abetment

1

release; liberation; acquittal

2

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

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to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

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delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

6

Hawaii; Hawai'i

6

stop; stoppage; end

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gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)

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pandemic

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

8

self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession

1

the contracting business

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

2

income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts

2

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

1

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

3

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

4

to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)

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even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

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shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

myth; mythology

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to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

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delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

6

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

1

Schliemann; Sulieman

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fieldwork

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

literature; books (reference); document

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to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

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patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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