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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

3

event

8

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

1

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

Christmas tree

6

not so

2

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

decoration; arrangement

1

illumination; decorative lighting

3

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

3

tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram

1

soul; spirit

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

3

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

2

to discuss; to talk together

4

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

open sea; Okinawa

6

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

2

horizon (related to bodies of water)

1

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

2

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

3

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

1

with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration

1

high tide; high water; full tide

1

ebb tide

1

to grow old

6

seventy; 70

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

7

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

2

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

2

fog; mist; spray

9

library (usu. single-room); small library

1

children's story; fairy tale

1

to be antique-looking

1

illustration (e.g. book); picture

1

(electric) torch; flashlight

4

to seal up

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

3

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

2

land

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

4

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

3

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

4

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

to hold one's breath

3

sports shoes; sneakers

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1