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sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

1

to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited

1

to rinse one's back

1

flush; blush

2

to take someone's hand

4

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

2

while surprised; suddenly

1

shower

1

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

4

quick bath; hurried bath

2

scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

1

tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)

2

mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot

1

as a child; when one was a child

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

2

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

4

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

8

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

2

to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers

1

literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

1

talent; ability

3

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

3

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

number; amount

3

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

1

to become weak

1

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

2

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

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to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely

3

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

3

lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great

3

wife

2

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

2

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

4

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

3

your daughter; young woman

1

connection; link; relationship

3

security; stability; safety; peace

3

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

2

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

2

(another's) daughter; young lady

2