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assassination

3

dirty work; unpleasant task

2

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

2

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

third-rate; third-class

1

switch

3

to hand over; to surrender

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

1

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

10

fully loaded; full load; loaded condition

2

acceleration

1

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

1

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

consideration; taking into account

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

the very thing; itself

7

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

as one of

3

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

1

conviction; belief; confidence

3

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

3

derailment; digression; deviation

1

train; railway train

1

volcano

1

eruption; volcanic eruption

1

abandoned mine; disused mine

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

1

to adjoin each other; to sit side by side

1

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

to aim at

3

in succession; one after another

1

indescribable

2

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

2

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

(raw) material

1

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

1

suicide

1