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the whole world

2

heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth

1

something created (e.g. by the gods); creature

1

living thing; organism; creature; biology

3

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

3

palm (of the hand)

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

3

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

each (every) time; whenever

2

gullibility

1

to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

4

fifteen; 15

7

revival; restoration; resuscitation

1

pair; couple

1

ten years; decade

1

starting point; origin

1

calendar; almanac

5

to count; to enumerate

5

day by day; every day; by the day

1

to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself

2

age; era; period; date

3

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

astronomer

1

major change; major transformation

1

heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object

2

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

1

overview of history

1

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

1

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

1

that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

3

structure; building

2

successive generations; successive emperors

1

construction; establishment

1

(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

6

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

2

level; even; flat; uneventful; peaceful; monotonous

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

main street; avenue

1

inside; interior; inner part

2

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

1

article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

2

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

to be planted

2

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)

1

cement

3

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

1