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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

35

to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

1

naming; christening; fiance; fiancee

1

mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

1

kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person

1

reluctant; hesitant

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

civil affairs; civil case

2

noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality

2

love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

1

evil dog spirit; dog god

4

aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

3

someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore

1

spread of fire

1

to ride upon the winds

1

in this way; along these lines; similarly

1

independence from parents

1

parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children

1

neutral zone; demilitarized zone

2

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house

2

World Heritage (site)

54

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

1

high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat

1

exciting

1

main thread (of a story)

2

Lake Biwa; Biwako

1

erosion; corrosion

1

height of prosperity

1

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

1

television

2

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

4

distant place; faraway location; far away

1

to commit a crime; to do evil

2

personal information

2

anonymity

2

to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

1

photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook

2

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1

castle tower

4

dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

2

to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

3

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

2

manufactured article; work; (a) construction; structure

1

landscape ordinance; scenery regulations

1

to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

1

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

2

castle tower; keep; donjon

41

legacy; inheritance; bequest; legacy (system)

1

happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family

5

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

3