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otherwise; or else; if not

1

whole nation; whole land; whole country

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

7

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

3

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

2

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

4

end; close

2

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

8

guardian deity

1

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

7

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

once more; again

13

plants; vegetation

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

3

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

3

nihility; nothingness

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

5

to dissolve; to melt

4

to break; to smash

2

ashes and dust

1

literally; to the letter; literal

7

-ish; -like

7

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

3

despondency

3

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

2

body and soul; mind and body

3

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

3

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

waiting room

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

17

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

3

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

16

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

32

when it becomes; when it comes to

6

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

1

one year; some time ago

2

school entrance ceremony

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

10

new school term

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

31

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

they

11

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

6

besides; in addition; also; moreover

13

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

5

boundary line

2

violent emotion; passion; fury

6