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riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

2

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

7

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)

1

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

1

to leak out

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

4

to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination

1

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

5

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

5

to do ...

1

pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix

3

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool

3

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

3

five; 5

5

... years old; age (of) ...

2

six; 6

3

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

another thing; exception; special case

1

number; amount

2

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

7

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

senior; older; third-year kindergarten student

1

marriage

1

so; therefore; and; (and) then

1

finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten

1

ten years; decade

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

at that time; in those days

2

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic

1

jealousy; envy

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

2

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

in those days

1

first love; puppy love

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

2

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

6

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

3

several days later

1

home economics room

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

3

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

8

feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb

4

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

7