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beckoning

2

third-year student; third-year pupil

1

great adventure

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

the preceding visitor

3

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

2

visitor; caller

2

human voice; cry

1

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

1

performance of one's official duties

5

desk

8

Basel (Switzerland)

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

5

ceremonial dress

5

bald head; baldness

2

purple; violet

2

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

1

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

1

Old World vulture

2

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

1

dead flesh; carrion

1

eating; bite (in fishing)

1

Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

1

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

3

watchdog; guard dog

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

visitor; caller

1

to kill each other

1

chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat

1

black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin

2

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

corner; nook; recess

1

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

2

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

diss; dissing; disrespect

1

bishop (Catholic)

5

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

1

6th day of the month; six days

1

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

1