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smuggling (people); stowing away

1

bereavement

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

family register; census

1

registry; registration

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

5

four years

1

to do as one likes

12

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

2

as you please; in any way you like; as you wish

1

desire for revenge; vengeful thought

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

4

life imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonment

3

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

3

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

3

plague; black plague

8

doctor; physician

4

great trouble; difficulty

1

net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

carefully; with caution

2

to take back; to recapture

3

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

7

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

5

(someone else's) daughter

3

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

2

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

3

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

7

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

evil spirit (that can possess people)

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

4

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

5

one year ago

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

9

myself

5

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

3

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

2

(in) my own way

2

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

2

apology; excuse

2

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

3

lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void

1

to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

1

by (means of); with

3

fixed or appointed date

1

decision; determination

5