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4

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

43

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

9

to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)

1

intelligence gathering; information gathering

11

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

13

human rights violation

1

scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; crunchy rice; woman who enjoys the company of gay men

1

perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

1

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

1

carbon (C)

3

carcinogen; carcinogenic substance

1

psychological warfare

2

having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

13

ding-dong (of a doorbell, intercom, etc.); doorbell; intercom; ding ding ding!; correct!

2

intercom

12

circular notice (esp. in binder form; passed around households within a neighbourhood association, etc.)

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

11

aluminium can; aluminum can

1

Roman Empire

3

tableware

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

2

newspaper

18

extremists; radicals; militants

1

worst case

8

door chain

1

annotation; explanatory note; comment

8

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

1

prohibition of sale; ban on sale

1

resolution; vote; decision

2

another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name

5

watermelon splitting (game)

1

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

15

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

2

gas-powered airsoft gun

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

55

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

83

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

1

unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate

1

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

2

to close; to shut

38

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

3

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

39

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

4

in large drops

8

to snatch; to steal

4

visitor; caller

3

to seize the initiative

3

half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare

1