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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)

2

frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

first step

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

4

political measures; policy

2

containment

1

to make oneself pleasant to everybody

1

sly; cunning; crafty

2

deepening

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

2

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

outside the area

1

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

1

signs of defeat; adverse situation

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

1

presentation (e.g. of a gift, etc.)

1

diplomacy; state-craft

1

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

3

allied armies

1

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

4

to carry out a role

1

message

3

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

4

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

2

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

7

history book

1

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

2

authority; power; influence

1

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

2

being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances

1

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

3