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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

4

shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

6

little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do

1

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

2

bodyguard; escort

1

to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

1

objection

1

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness

1

dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

2

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

2

grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

2

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

6

reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

12

mimetic muscles

4

annoying; noisy

5

around the clock; day and night

8

crowd; throng

4

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

4

frown; scowl; grimace

4

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

13

casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

5

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

27

to crouch; to squat; to cower

16

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

4

leader; leading figure

4

collar; lapels

6

or; or else

9

clenched fist

1

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

2

transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)

4

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

2

trouble; bother

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

4

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

5

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

466

teacher; instructor; professor

4

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

6

hard training

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

2

contemporaries

1

infancy; childish; infantile; immature

2

showy; ostentatious

3

a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing

7

to twitch

1

social; societal; societary

3

dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness

1