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foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

1

sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever

7

fog; mist; spray

16

desperate; reckless

2

to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of

2

change; alteration; transmutation; mutation

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

5

diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

5

to duck one's head

1

silent; solemn; quiet

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

2

deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape

1

lava flow

1

exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm

2

dark colour; dark color

1

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

2

model; dummy; maquette

1

annex; affiliated structure or institute

1

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

young priest; scamp

1

flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone

3

mantle; cloak; manteau

13

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

2

traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

1

to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark

15

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

8

classical; classic

1

orthodox school

1

different culture; foreign culture

1

mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination

1

haunted house (attraction)

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

3

how

1

initial stage

4

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

3

to become inclined (to do); to be in the mood (for); to get excited (about); to take an interest (in)

2

to surface; to rise to the surface

1

to spare time (for)

6

interest (in something); enthusiasm

2

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

2

to find it hard to say

1

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

3

sound effect

4

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

38

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

4

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

2

victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

3