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politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver

1

to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

1

souvenir; memento

9

by turns

3

solidarity; joint; collective

1

handicap

1

comprehensive; composite; all-embracing

3

to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for

2

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

8

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

7

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank

1

delivery of books; presentation copy

20

publication

1

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

5

national bibliography

1

encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

3

compulsory; obligatory; mandatory

4

willing to do; prepared

3

contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

1

performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

2

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

1

shameless; infamous; disgraceful

13

kiss scene; kissing scene

1

story for young girls

2

extreme; radical

8

indecent; obscene

1

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

3

India

3

group dancing

1

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

1

dance

2

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

1

impurity; obscenity

1

erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

2

regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

2

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

9

to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized

2

gravel; ballast; pebbles

1

household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets

1

new life

5

dressed up (in fine clothes)

2

sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

2

each place; various places

4

not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special

3

serious illness

2

naughty; mischievous; unruly

1

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

1