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leather-bound; leather binding

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book; volume

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tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

1

warm; mild; genial

2

many thousands

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

counter for books; volume

2

sculpture; carved statue; graven image

1

various types

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mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling

1

deep blue; navy blue

2

night sky

4

iron pole

1

spiral staircase

3

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

2

terrace

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

former name for makushita division

1

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

1

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

2

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

fireplace; hearth; stove

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff

2

to shine; to glow

2

built-in; fixed; attached

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

unidentifiable; unidentified

2

animal

1

fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

1

use; service; purpose

1

mess; jumble; muddle; chaos

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

3

table

3

writing desk

6

becoming worn or soiled with handling; being old-fashioned

1

to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl

1

wastepaper; scrap paper

1

opposite side; opposition

3

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

globe (map)

3

down; below; downward

2

twice; again; second time

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

3

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

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