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hidden room; secret chamber

1

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

2

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

2

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

rustling

1

exit and entrance

9

cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted

1

east, west, south and north

2

main gate; main entrance

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personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

1

attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work

1

real name

2

to wear out (clothing)

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

2

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

1

pronunciation; production of sound

1

being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with

2

prohibition; ban; embargo

2

to check; to compare

2

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole

32

surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

1

to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy

1

territory; domain; dominion; possession

2

much the same

1

national character; regional character

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

2

law; legislation; act

1

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

5

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

2

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

3

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

4

of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading

1

to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)

1

simple; simplified; easy; plain

2

resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating

1

dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)

6

even

1

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

design

3

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

1

metropolis; big city

1

transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully

2

fashionable person

2

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

2

overall

2

to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

1

to die; (lit.) to become bones

3