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commissariat

1

wicked thought; wicked mind

1

fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner

5

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

1

emergency measures

1

under the control (of); under the dominion (of)

1

taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening

1

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

1

to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

guide; vanguard; leader

2

love fortune-telling

1

thousand years; millennium; eternity

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

tuning (an instrument); temperament

1

to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

1

imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

1

flight; escape

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand

1

sphere of influence

1

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

1

vanishing like mist

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

2

visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)

1

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely

1

unlucky

1

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

3

to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

skull

1

bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

1

eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball

1

dried meat; jerky

2

Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion

12

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

underground lake; subterranean lake

2

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

1

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

2

years; time

2

school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)

1

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

bottom of a lake

1

record low; worst ever

1

loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.

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to insist on one's own ideas

1

departure date; day of departure

1

within the next couple of days; in a day or two

1

couch; bench; ottoman; settee

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