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heyday; golden age

2

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

1

to continue (going along some trend)

2

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

3

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

3

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

2

fallen snow; snow cover

1

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

3

white Christmas

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck

2

(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

1

sliding safely; just making it; being just on time

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

scariest; most frightening

3

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

2

horticulture; gardening

1

mosquito

3

thrilling

2

ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

3

terrarium

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

round and cute (esp. of eyes)

2

flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis depressa); pancake devilfish

1

exceptional item; extraordinary product

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

4

regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

2

one by one; one after another; successively

3

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

3

Japanese, Chinese and Western (e.g. when referring to food styles available, etc.)

2

arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food

2

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

3

chimes; toll of a bell

5

visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)

1

operational

1

already known; well-known

3

ready (to do); willing

1

division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)

1

to guess right

3

such; like that; in that way

1

to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake

1

river fish; freshwater fish

3

campground; campsite; camping-ground

3

splash; plop

1

first; first base; first baseman; fast

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

grilled fish

5