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feng shui; fengshui; wind and water

2

understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)

2

Okinawa (city, prefecture)

7

fundamental; basic

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

11

practice; training

1

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

3

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

6

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

3

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

2

ancestor; forefather; foremother

4

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

9

guardian deity

4

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

3

precognition; prescience

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

4

for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

1

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

4

to have one's hair stand on end

1

Shanghai (China)

6

headquarters; head office; main office

1

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

3

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

3

many; a lot; much; multitude

3

school; sect; party

3

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

7

while being out of the office or away from home

1

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

5

police affairs; military police

2

morgue

1

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

2

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

1

remains; corpse; (dead) body

2

to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

police officer; policeman; constable

3

secret; private; surreptitious

4

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

5

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

48

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

3

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

2

members; member; constituent

3

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

7

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

going unsolved; remaining unanswered

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

8

to be in danger of; to be liable to

2