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starting point; starting line

5

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

12

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

2

sharp sighted; easily awakened

5

having a crush on someone; flushing

1

to rest; to relax; to repose

3

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

8

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

4

there is nothing

5

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

2

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

4

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

4

par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity

1

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

3

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

3

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

7

with a snap; with a crack

2

laughing foolishly; cackling

1

to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

11

living thing; organism; creature; biology

3

street at night; making a night journey

2

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

3

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

upper half of the body; upper body

3

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

6

to cling

2

desire to protect

2

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

3

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

2

side; flank

1

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

1

bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)

1

to sink (into); to get depressed

3

violence; mayhem

19

dispersing; vanishing

1

charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

2

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

4

overreaction

4

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

1

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

6

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

4

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

3

semifinals

1

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

2

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

2