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eruption; volcanic eruption

2

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

only recently; just of late

1

review; reconsideration; revision

3

promotion; encouragement

1

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

1

treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly

1

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

sacred image; icon

3

primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

1

cowardice; timidity; bashfulness

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

to appear suddenly

1

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

1

north side; north bank

2

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

first person

1

boiled and half-dried bonito

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

marriage

3

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

abusing someone to his (her) face

1

gravestone; tombstone

3

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

owner

3

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

wear; abrasion

1

carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise

1

action before words; work before talk

1

to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

1

to grant someone's request

1

library

3

to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

1

monger; peddling

13

to look forward to something

3

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

2

interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)

1

infection; contagion; becoming infected

2

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

2

superstition; superstitious belief

1

type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern

2

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

3

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

being up to the person himself

1

personal grudge; personal enmity

1