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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

2

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

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state; country; nation

1

state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances

1

tariff; tax rate

1

reduction; cut

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

1

one's principles and position

1

firm; unshakeable; resolute

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

meaningless words; words that make no sense

1

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

2

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

3

mountain path

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

elevation; height above sea level

1

3000; three thousand; many

3

top; summit; vertex

1

cuttlefish; squid

2

scene; view; prospect; outlook

1

admiration; being impressed (by)

1

fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking

1

pre-era; BC; BCE

2

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

2

ancestor

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to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

3

stone statue

3

since then; from that time; ever since

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right foot; right leg

3

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

2

hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound

1

sole of foot

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

5

such; this sort of; like this

2

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

horror film

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

3

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

1

shriek; scream

5

to perspire; to sweat

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

1

snake; serpent; large snake

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