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calling on; visiting

3

bucket; pail

7

acrylic paint

4

artiodactyls; even-toed ungulates

1

refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

2

freshly painted

1

fuel oil

18

official vehicle

4

exhaust fumes

3

to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

1

one's (living) environment

1

doesn't even exist

3

focus; forecast

2

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

5

ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames

1

phoenix

2

modern dance

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive

1

between life and death

1

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

1

Meina-do

1

metal detector

1

shrapnel

2

raging stream; rapids

4

light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car

2

to be satisfied

1

good-quality; superior in quality

4

burying alive

1

base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

covering for the back of the hand and wrist

2

splash; spray

1

urban; yuppy

2

approval

3

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

3

Porta

4

Rosa; Loeser; Roosa; Rosza

4

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

1

fake; something false; sham; deception

1

practicality; utility; usefulness

1

to tremble

1

to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

2

children's story; fairy tale

1

to age; to grow old

2

extremism; radical belief

1

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

2

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

1

to become greasy; to be oil-stained

1

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

2

well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

1