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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

to tighten; to press hard

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right

1

(not) a soul; (not) a single person

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

beach; foreshore

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2

to scoop; to ladle out

1

family name; lineage; birth; clan

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

to be worried; to be troubled

4

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

4

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

3

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

3

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

2

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

short; brief

9

soft vinyl; vinyl chloride monomer, used for moulded shapes such as toys

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

5

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

2

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

one's younger days; when one was young

1

swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

2

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

2

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

2

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

2

totally willing; fully motivated

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

hangover

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

4

to settle (a dispute)

1

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

sand; grit

3

to step firmly; to harden by treading

2

to fall in love (with); to love

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3