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to tower over the surroundings

2

sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires

4

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

4

dancing; dance

3

dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

1

big snake; serpent

2

spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

1

to appease; to suppress; to calm

6

controlling; suppressing; quelling

5

villager; village folk; countryfolk

1

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

3

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

4

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

2

longing for others; wanting company

1

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

1

hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

1

small animal

2

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

since then

2

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

20

to descend a river

1

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

1

to hold a ceremony

2

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

6

invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

14

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

body; physique; build; stature

9

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

1

to get goosebumps

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

2

young girl; lass; adolescent female

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

4

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

mother

2

to lick all over; to run one's tongue over

1

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

3

to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

2

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

2

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

to wrap up

5

vise; jack; capstan

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

7

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

2

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1