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to escape; to run away

28

high; noble; refined; advanced

4

intellectual

2

game

6

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

2

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

12

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

32

researcher

6

social awareness (e.g. in fiction)

3

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

2

golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

16

Takagi Akimitsu (1920.9.25-)

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

4

fire; flame; blaze

20

administrator of a manor

10

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

2

to throw on the fire; to burn

2

gasoline; petrol

8

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

fireworks

1

every month; each month; monthly

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

2

success; hit

5

for this reason

31

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

16

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

3

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

18

to approve of

1

closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)

15

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

37

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

4

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

9

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

ideal; ideals

6

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

5

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

4

of no interest; not interested

3

Watson

54

click

1

double helix (structure of DNA)

6

twentieth century

2

biology

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

15

instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator

6