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reverberation; echo

2

walking sound; footsteps

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

5

very dim light

3

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

3

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

3

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

16

Uranus (Greek god); Uranus (planet)

48

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

7

throne

4

place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

5

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

10

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb

1

graceful; beautiful

1

to smile (at someone)

2

nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

6

divinity

2

in addition

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

4

definite; sure

2

towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person)

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

3

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

4

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

4

point-blank range

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

8

(having) life-and-death power (over)

2

right (to do something); authority; power

2

(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

4

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

7

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

6

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

5

jokingly; in the form of a joke

1

exactly as stated; verbatim

3

large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

1

discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

6

most important

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

keystone

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

5

to be possible to occur

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

4