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despair; hopelessness

2

Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)

1

customs; customs house

1

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

3

transactions; dealings; business

1

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

3

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

national bank

1

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

4

preparation of tools

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

3

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

2

business suit

2

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

Berlin (Germany)

1

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

1

obstinacy; stubbornness

1

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

briquette (charcoal or coal)

2

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

1

galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)

2

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

1

poisonous; toxic

1

staple; stapler clip; staple (food, crop); staple (fiber); cable clip; clip used to attach electrical cable to wooden building material

1

cloth; fabric

1

number one

1

number two; mistress; concubine

1

second-rate; inferior

2

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

1

price; value; cost

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

2

silk

1

pure silk

1

silk floss; silk wadding

2

sandbank; sandbar

1

refined taste; elegant pursuits

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

2

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

early rising

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

5

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

2

to look forward to something

3