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to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

1

heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow

1

full speed

1

kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone

1

weak person; the weak

1

calm; composed; cool; quiet

1

to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

feelings of guilt

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

2

to look down on; to make light of

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

2

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

3

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

1

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

2

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

3

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean

1

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)

2

small fire

2

(a place) within one's reach

1

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

1

to fail to escape

1

very great; enormous; serious

1

to be burned down

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theatre; theater; playhouse

3

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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to limp; to drag one's feet

2

relief; aid

4

space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space

4

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

2

to emit smoke

1

sunset

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ball; dance

1

doctor; physician

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