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police officer; policeman; constable

1

bodyguard; escort

2

to hide oneself

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

3

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

6

dead of night; midnight

8

Yasuhiko

2

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

15

morning; a.m.

5

stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

4

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

1

autobiography

5

Günter Grass

1

tin plate

1

drum

3

pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner

5

Booker Prize

1

literary prize

2

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

5

death sentence

1

metaphor

1

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

1

trick

1

jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame

1

character (in a novel, film, etc.)

1

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

11

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

2

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

Haloun

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place

2

diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)

1

publication society

1

Moor

1

sigh

3

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

4

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

2

Urbino

1

Santi

1

Umbria

1

best; greatest; first

2

living room

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

1

study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)

1

study of poetry; poetics

1

altarpiece

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

6

Galatea (mythology)

2

Villa

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1