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burlesque; low comedy; farce

2

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

3

blood vessel; vein

1

temple (on side of head)

1

close to the ear

2

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

3

equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

to bring back

2

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

2

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

1

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

1

official business; government business; public business; public use; government use

1

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

guiltless; innocent

1

to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out

1

dust

3

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

5

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

9

year before last

5

for today; for the time being

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)

5

false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

1

pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing

2

face

1

paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal

1

endurance; perseverance; patience

3

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

2

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

1

looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

2

fourteen; 14

2

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to telephone; to make a phone call

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

top secret

1

private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed

1

please ...

2

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

2

being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank

1

high-handed; overbearing

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

4

national hero; hero of the nation

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high (government) official

2

information media; press; news organs

1