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holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

8

history

3

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

2

abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking

1

Ioannes

3

too many to count; too numerous to mention

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

4

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

49

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

to get too skinny

2

to declare; to plead

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

2

monocle; lorgnon

2

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

9

prime minister; premier; chancellor

16

(imperial) reign; period

2

gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe

2

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

red hair

1

stature; body height

10

muscular; strong-muscled

1

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

4

energetic; vigorous

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

2

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

2

the other day; some time ago; recently

2

small bird; little bird

4

wolf

189

chess

12

to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

2

(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

3

composition

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy

4

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

6

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

7

to bring back

2

night

3

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

58

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

6

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

4

whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

2

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

4

westerly

1

ellipse

2

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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