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steep mountain; craggy mountain

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

5

house; family

1

firing in rapid succession; volley of shots

2

to hit hard; to strike hard

3

bending; warping; flexibility; pliability

3

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

4

substitute for ...

1

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

2

depth; length

6

showing no sign (of)

4

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

1

coagulation; freezing; solidification

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

2

to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)

3

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

3

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

for example

2

to distract one's attention

1

different opinion; objection

4

bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

1

crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark

3

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

2

incubation; hatching

1

to writhe (in pain)

1

turning sideways; landscape orientation

1

improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

4

rear; back; behind

5

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

3

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

upper jaw; palate

2

lower jaw; mandible

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

median line

1

to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)

2

rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders

1

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

2

by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

3

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

2

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

1

to go on reading

2

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

3

restaurant; specialist

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

signature; autograph

2

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

3

step by step; by degrees

3