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pollution; contamination

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

5

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

commanding officer

26

raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

1

meeting place; assembly hall

2

aperture

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

3

impiety; unbelief; infidelity

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

5

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

4

preference; priority; precedence

1

warmonger; warmaker

1

solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout

2

private house

3

wooden wall

1

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

2

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

3

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

2

water mill

12

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

two-storied building

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

7

to set fire (to)

2

door; gate; opening; title page

6

to close; to shut

3

bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

7

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

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

2

wheat

2

flour; meal; powder; dust

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

1

power plant; power station

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

property; possession

1

guard; watchman

1

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

4

milling; grinding into flour

1

villager

21

stone mortar; millstone; quern

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

use fee; rent

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

4

uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

1