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4th day of the month; four days

5

tendency; trend; inclination

1

keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression

1

to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

1

mutual; reciprocal

3

to shout (in anger); to yell

2

curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal

1

estimated time of death

1

in those days

1

neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

1

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

exemplary

1

discoverer

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

7

starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

2

to come back (to); to return to a starting point

1

to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

3

great distance; thousands of miles; (lit.) ten thousand ri

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

17

insight; power of observation

1

fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking

1

everybody

4

south-west

2

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

3

dry wind

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

2

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

2

within; inside of; less than

4

ten years; decade

7

signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)

1

artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

2

change of era

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

1

laundry; the washing

1

subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea

1

to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)

2

colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

1

to blame; to find fault with

2

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

Saishonootoko

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

2

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

5

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)

4