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as always; as usual

1

to narrow (e.g. eyes)

1

out-of-order

1

degree of familiarity; popularity

1

technical civilization; technical civilisation

10

high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

1

artificial island city; floating city

1

netlike; mesh-like; reticulated; vascular

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

8

jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket

1

entry into a country

1

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

1

aerial bombing

1

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

2

archduke

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

aloe (esp. arborescens)

5

flowerpot; plant pot

1

news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

(political) administration; political power

3

level of comfort (of objects you sit on)

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

2

acquaintance

1

possessed of a strong sense of duty

2

to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

2

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

2

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

external pressure; foreign threat

1

attraction; lure; invitation

1

information leak; data breach

2

secret agreement

1

selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason

1

trade fair

2

to exacerbate; to exasperate

1

because

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

2

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

1

to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

1

to pack; to box; to package

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

to get irritated

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

nature; disposition

1

in all directions

1

celestial sphere; the heavens

5