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manhole

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

4

humbly; after a time; later; followed by; next

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

2

within ...; inside ...

2

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

2

force of water (current, stream, jet, etc.)

1

filthy water; sewage

2

big river

2

disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

4

excretion; discharge; excrement

1

position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase

3

intensive; concentrated; focused

1

rearmament

4

moment

1

inflation

1

undivided attention; concentration

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity

1

department store

13

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

2

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

2

to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much

1

centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

2

to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together

1

bank clerk

1

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

1

prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo

3

many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

2

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

17

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

2

illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

3

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

7

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

2

brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster

1

(feeling of) massiveness; (sense of) volume

2

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

1

ego; self; ego

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

1

to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)

1

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

3

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

3

balance; equilibrium

2

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1