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to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

1

to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about

1

long (time); protracted; prolonged

3

mutual distrust

1

virtue

1

powerful evil spirit that brings calamity; supernatural being that brings disaster

1

to doze (off)

4

realization; realisation

1

miniature garden

2

mental image; mental picture; image

1

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

2

damage; breakage

1

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

1

street light; streetlamp

1

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

street parking; on-street parking

1

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

evening; early night hours

1

feces and urine; excreta; human waste

2

perfume; scent

2

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

face; looks; features

2

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat

1

check; restraint; oppression; repression

1

especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally

1

the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit

1

to get a late start

1

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

3

leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

1

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

1

to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)

1

chronic

1

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

1

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

1

comparatively; relatively

5

rare; seldom

1

(feeling of) hunger

1

abatement; reduction

1

long-term resident; fixed domicile resident; permanent resident

1

sociality

2

the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore

3

competitive spirit

1

far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

1

neat and clean; tidy; trim

1

cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

5

pride; haughtiness

1

lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness

2