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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

2

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

24

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

18

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

1

pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

1

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

24

to mail a letter

1

same crime; being equally guilty

5

how old?; what age?

2

precocity; early ripening; premature development

2

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

6

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

23

label; sticker

2

the two; both

7

to wait upon; to serve

2

along

8

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

18

whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams

3

ant

5

breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough

5

trackless path

1

emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting

2

infrared rays; infrared radiation

1

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

23

a mountain hunt

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

6

a long time ago

1

(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

3

put; place; leave; do (in preparation)

3

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

13

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

4

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

3

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

3

report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

13

old clothes; secondhand clothing

1

retainer; attendant; escort

2

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for

2

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

8

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

13

nonetheless; nevertheless

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

5

to say no more; to sink into silence

5

pothunting; bounty hunting; pothunter; bounty hunter

3

children's clothing

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

2

(physical) growth; development

2

high class; noble

7

carrying

1