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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

5

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

essayist

4

relatively; comparatively

1

big; large; great

2

essay

1

prize; award

3

famous; fame

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

2

you could say that

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

3

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

2

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

2

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

1

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

3

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

seedy-looking; thin

2

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

3

ahead; before; ago

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy

2

if is not; if are not

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

3

boyfriend; he; him

1

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

1

family; members of a family

12

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

consequence; outcome; result; blame

5

affectation; pretension

1

blog; weblog

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

2

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

2

notice; attention; observation

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

2

I can tell you; heh

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

12

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

7

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

two o'clock

1