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saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing

7

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

4

dosa (ill will, antipathy); irateness; anger

47

used article (esp. clothes)

1

to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves

1

cause of death

3

chastity; virtue; fidelity

6

false; hypocritical

3

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

9

with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

2

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

3

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

2

complete stranger; total stranger

11

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

5

spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic

4

preachy; sanctimonious

3

to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp

13

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

4

recitation; chant

1

maidservant

3

wood carving; woodcraft

4

to embrace each other

14

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

1

to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem

1

unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)

1

short summer night

1

to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure

5

to marry

1

to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)

12

appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

7

brute; savage; fiend

7

(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible

3

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

12

dependence; reliance

14

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

5

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; name; title

1

flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals

2

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

3

shameless person; sophisticated person; brazen hussy

5

to behave well; to mind one's manners

1

disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot

4

to age; to grow old

7

exemplary

5

noble birth

2

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

3

to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

5

to die (of a pet); (lit.) to cross the rainbow bridge

1

continued

2

to resound (echo) far and wide

4

cities, towns and villages; municipalities

2