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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

7

evening; dusk

12

photo reprint

3

dubbing; adding a new audio (usu. voice) track to an existing video, film, etc.; dubbing; re-recording existing video or audio data to a new DVD, tape, etc.

3

film

5

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

2

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

unluckily

1

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

1

ignition; catching fire

1

to beat out (a fire)

1

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

3

van; truck; delivery van

1

pencil

1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

2

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

2

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

1

Nagauji

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

1

loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling

1

failing mark (e.g. in exam)

2

every week

2

ghost story

1

last week; the week before

6

commuter pass; season ticket

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

5

lost article; something forgotten

1

what day?; what day of the week?

1

duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key

1

Monday

3

after the end (of something); post-

1

blackout curtain

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

electric light

7

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

5

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

to make an appeal; to urge

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

2

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

1

degree of relative priority

2

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

to buy; to purchase

1

the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

1

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

1

inch

1

rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck

1