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literature; books (reference); document

4

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

3

great disaster

4

explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests

3

natural disaster; cataclysm

4

cultivation; refinement; culture; education

1

compulsory education

1

materials; data; document

7

drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

1

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

3

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

1

for work; for manufacturing

1

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

bed and food; eating and sleeping

1

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

1

to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

1

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

1

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

5

to watch intently; to stare

1

one-way traffic

2

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

1

performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

2

eye of a typhoon

2

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement

3

explanation; vindication

1

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

2

distinction; discrimination

1

(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ

1

suspicion; jealousy

1

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

3

slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just

1

humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form

1

to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

1

bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

1

hermit; recluse

1

to gaze long at

1

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

talisman; amulet; charm

2

pinpoint

1

deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced

1

to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)

4

to keep secret; to conceal

1

report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing

1

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

2

in turns; alternately; in order

1