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sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

4

(divine) revelation

2

divine punishment

5

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

4

transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)

1

to pick on; to tease

2

dispute; argument; contention

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

(your) time

2

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

3

belief; faith; adherence; espousal

7

creation; Creation (by God)

15

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

every evening; night after night

1

immediate reply

3

oracle

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

2

to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

1

belly; abdomen

1

feigned laughter

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

2

blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void

2

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

2

to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

2

to demand money; to pester; to extort

1

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

1

to be a matter of life or death

2

oneself; myself

5

to bear fruit; to ripen

4

pep-up; reassurance; pick-me-up; restorative; energizer

1

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

15

end; termination point

2

dam; weir; barrier; sluice

1

warmth

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

11

to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

5

just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

7

charred; burnt black; scorched black

2

sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive

4

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

4

to run around

5