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fairy tale

1

candle

1

to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)

19

normal duties; (one's) regular work

5

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

14

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

24

to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

1

scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

6

to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for

2

facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)

2

(a) row; line

6

while passing each other

1

killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style

2

lying face down; upside down; prone

2

prime of life

3

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

10

very popular; highly favoured

1

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

3

to understand; to comprehend

5

big problem

3

unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on

1

dull-witted; stupid; foolish

4

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

24

maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

1

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

2

weeping for joy; crying with happiness

1

worrying about one's master's affairs; one who so worries

4

alteration; falsification; faking

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

10

patting; stroking; caressing

2

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

2

hokora; small wayside shrine

271

town mayor

246

influential person; man of importance

18

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

1

Hasse; Hasse, Helmut (1898-1979) (mathematician)

552

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

6

low budget; low-budget

1

unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions

1

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

1

to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit

3

sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

8

survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat

2

part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

3

in someone (else's) name

1

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

2

person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

5

setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

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