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maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)

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

2

Eastern Europe

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Poland

1

merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

1

the first ...; primary

1

election

1

revision; amendment; alteration

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

2

steadily

2

modern state; modern nation

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

4

low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

3

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

4

import; importation; introduction; afferent

7

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

3

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

ban on import; import ban; import prohibition; prohibition of importation

2

Germany

2

customs union

1

youth; young man

1

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

1

Genoa

1

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

1

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

1

Taiwan

3

Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus, damselfish found from Monterey Bay California to Guadalupe Island Baja California); official state marine fish of California

1

flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

1

a few years later

3

Opium War (1840-42)

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

2

Mo-rusu

1

wire telegraph

1

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

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one thing

3

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

rainbow

1

to dye; to colour; to color

1

snow field

1

to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

2

to be shrouded in mist

2

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

3

blister

1

madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie

1

strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

2

to whine; to make feeble complaints

1

direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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