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sporadic

2

talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow

2

yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

2

to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself

2

Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

6

as if; as though

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

8

generation; lifetime; age

5

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

2

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

2

parents; both parents

2

the two; both

4

dying young; early death

3

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

2

extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off

3

cynical

2

dusk; twilight

5

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

4

madder red; dark red; crimson

2

darkness; the dark

5

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

8

vomit; vomiting

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

2

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

3

use; utilization; utilisation; application

3

thick; bulky; massive; heavy

2

cloud

5

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

5

gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

2

evening sun; setting sun

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

3

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

2

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

2

Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)

2

darkness

2

dusk; twilight

4

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

2

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

3

dark night

5

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

2

to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

2

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

2

high noon

2

to carry out a role

2

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

6

state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition

2

corner; nook

2

balance; equilibrium

3