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ten times; tenfold

1

two-storied building

4

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

2

long sword; minute hand (of a clock)

15

change in appearance; transformation

1

slurping; lapping

1

to wind (thread, film, etc.)

1

slash; slashing attack

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being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

3

cage; pen; (jail) cell

3

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

3

pupil (of the eye)

1

predation; eating prey; preying upon

1

to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

4

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

2

I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)

5

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

15

dead of night; midnight

8

anyone

2

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

2

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

2

age; era; period; date

9

donation; presentation; gift

8

many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)

3

thunderous roar; roaring sound

6

all; everything

3

sigh of relief

2

inventory status; stock status; inventory level

1

increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

3

a help; assistance

19

tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk

6

receiver; recipient

1

to be expensive; to be costly

1

knitting needle

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

12

returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

14

detour; roundabout way

10

overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence

15

to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify

5

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

20

if you insist

1

means; method

1

deep regret; great disappointment

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

6

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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