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night; nighttime

2

force (bulldoze) one's way through

4

historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

3

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

3

crimson

1

sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting

1

battle

2

to let one's guard down

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

2

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

3

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

1

permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook

1

movie; video

1

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

1

shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum

1

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2

life span

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

4

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

2

distant; remote; isolated

1

earthquake

1

emo; sad; melancholic; erotic in a disgusting way

2

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

2

southern sea

1

solitary island

1

Forgotten Worlds

1

rope; cord

2

circulation; dissemination

2

Orr

1

average

2

friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

2

having high information content; informative

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

3

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

1

importance; gravity

2

air battle; dog fight; aerial battle

2

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

4

on the sea; surface of the sea

2

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

3

undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

1

jellyfish; medusa

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