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(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

butterfly

10

jail; gaol; prison

2

second; number two; runner-up

1

(security) deposit; caution money

1

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

1

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

3

skyscraper

3

hotel

43

embassy

1

countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

2

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

5

loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction

1

inevitable; necessary

3

real estate tax; fixed assets tax; property tax

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

3

quick pace

4

to build; to construct

7

Tokyo Skytree (broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo)

1

to wave back

1

formal dress

2

shoulder blade; scapula

1

circulation of the blood; apprehension

1

left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

1

revolving door

4

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

6

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

2

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

2

front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management

1

manager; executive

3

to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

2

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

4

to be complacent; to look self-satisfied

2

keyhole

5

top floor

6

antique

1

number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order

7

graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale

5

value; worth; merit

6

metallic sound; metallic clank

14

you could say that; that might be so

1

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

2

first generation; founder

2

dying of illness; dying of natural causes

1

second generation; second; junior

1

first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant

1

party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

10

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1