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hairpin

3

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

2

voices (of many people)

2

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

2

rear; back row

2

front row

2

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

2

to fly in the sky

1

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

1

beat; mora

1

to stand stock still

2

every year; yearly; annually

2

unforgettable; memorable

2

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

1

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

1

haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house

1

exploration; expedition

1

true story

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

lifeblood

1

vampire; bloodsucker

1

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

2

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

1

water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)

1

ghastly; dreadful

2

ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)

2

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

2

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

can't help; won't make much difference

1

light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes

2

side of face

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

police officer; policeman; constable

1

counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

to annoy; to cause trouble

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

1

late at night

1

crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel

1

accomplice; cohort

2

train window; car window

2

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting

1