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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

2

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

to drop one's shoulders

2

train; electric train

11

platform; home; home base; home plate

3

circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)

1

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

2

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

14

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

11

to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

1

police officer; policeman; policewoman

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

should not; must not

3

several times; several degrees

5

barbarian; savage

3

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

3

sublime; noble; high-minded

2

Joan of Arc

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

12

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

2

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

22

to appear on the stage

18

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

4

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

abnormal

3

conditioned reflex

1

had better do so

5

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

2

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

5

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

4

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

2

settlement; solution; resolution

19

raining; downpour

1

watchdog; chaperone; watcher

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

7

convenience store

1

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

2

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

7

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

4

ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

4

(degree of) freshness

1

fine quality

1

cream; ice cream

2