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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

4

hostage

9

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

2

black smoke

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

2

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

1

black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling

6

secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum

1

middle of the night; dead of night

3

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

2

ghost story

1

historic; historical

2

powerful; strong

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

9

proportion

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

3

mouth of river; estuary

2

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

1

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

1

death from disease; death from illness

1

to take a load off

1

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

2

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

3

to throw away; to abandon

2

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

1

to blow across

1

departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

3

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

to practice magic; to practise magic

1

enemy (soldier)

8

mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

1

to step forward; to volunteer

1

to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

5

to smell; to sense

1

frequent; incessant

1

to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

10

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

reconnoitering party; scout (army)

1

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

1

stress

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

superstition; superstitious belief

1

indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

1