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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

1

numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

2

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

scapegoat

2

match declared drawn due to injury

1

undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow

1

end goal; final target

1

ringing; throbbing violently

1

city that never sleeps

1

compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check

1

total amount (of money); total sum; final sum

1

worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare

1

(brand-)new article

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

height of; middle of; full bloom

1

to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind

1

Alaska

2

South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica

2

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

2

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis

1

day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

1

serialization; serialisation; serial story

1

comic book version; comic book edition

1

illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

2

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

2

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

3

angel

2

godmother

2

prologue; preface

2

jealous; envious

1

houseroom

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

2

camber

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

4

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

5

wooden flooring

1

malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

3

living together; communal life; cohabitation

5

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

2

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

3

poison gas

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

3

to continue (walking)

1

step; pace; stride

2