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improvement; reform

2

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

2

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

3

nomadism

3

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

1

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

2

history; pedigree; lineage

1

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

4

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

2

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

1

philosopher

1

adoration; admiration; devotion

1

founder of a religious sect

1

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

2

insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence

1

mine (ore)

8

working; being employed; being hired

2

one's principles and position

4

regulation; enforcement

2

never ceasing; never ending; endless

1

dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

2

branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

9

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

5

guard; watchman

26

notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal

2

to be deep in talk

1

Amiel

1

childhood name

1

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

1

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

for one person's use

1

please look at it

1

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

1

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

3

to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

2

successor

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others; other people

2

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

4

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

2

performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

1

standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

1

flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

2

base sequence (e.g. of DNA)

1

to doze (off)

2

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

to be enthralled by; to be disguised as

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male lineage

1

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

1