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broad daylight

3

daydream; waking dream

1

to distract a person's attention

2

to jump up and down; to hop

4

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

5

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

2

both; many; various; together

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

5

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

being left out; being ostracized

3

cultivation

1

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout

2

sudden death; sudden-death (playoff); golden goal playoff

1

form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

4

tombola; raffle drum

1

special quality, class or grade

1

first day; opening day

2

lottery (event); raffle; draw

1

stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly

2

corporate giant

1

hostile relations; hostile relationship

2

militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

3

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

goal post

6

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

15

starting line (in a race); start line; starting point

2

rain

1

race; run; dash; sprint

3

misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum

1

Battle Royale (novel by Kōshun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)

8

competing; competition; auction

2

bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

3

allotment (allocation) of marks

13

to share

2

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

4

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

5

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

2

we; us

1

pistol; handgun

1

tape

1

original form; base form

1

ornament; decoration

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

selection of music; song selection

3

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

1

castella (type of sponge cake)

1

second; number two; runner-up

1