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safety; security

3

if it's the case

7

not caring; not giving a damn

1

prison; penitentiary

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating

2

unique; individual; original; unusual

1

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

14

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

13

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

Europe

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

3

similar

6

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

2

substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

7

distant look; faraway look

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

4

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

2

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

8

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

8

moving about; stirring about

4

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

2

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

4

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

question; query

3

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

2

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

4

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

13

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

2

-ish; -like

2

to be too late; to be too slow

2

a bit more; a bit longer

5

powers of observation

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

2

to the end; to the last

3

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

4

fundamental; basic

3

to finish; to graduate

4

to sit down

8

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

1