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taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

3

pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning; suspension; dangling; hanging

2

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

1

spectator; sightseer; onlooker

4

number of times; frequency; count

1

camouflaged clothes

2

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

9

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

3

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

4

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

5

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

desperate

7

bow (salute, greeting)

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

4

clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

2

to become hoarse

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

backstop; back screen

1

drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel

1

plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin

2

fire under suspicious circumstances; arson

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

3

(necessary) personnel; required person

3

height; elevated place

1

Yasuhiko

1

sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

dirty; unclean

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

2

taking an unexpected opportunity

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

1

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

5

bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.

3

humming; crooning

2

fixtures; furnishings; equipment

2

(video) recording

4

video cassette recorder

6

deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)

22

rewinding (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

1

tape

8

bundle; pack; bunch

1

fat; thick

2

rubber band; elastic band

1

knapsack; rucksack; backpack

2

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

to break the seal

2