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to grasp tightly

7

to suspect

2

light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car

3

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

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

guest; visitor; visitor's arrival

1

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

6

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

every year; yearly; annually

18

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

2

surprise

32

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

unpredictability; element of surprise

3

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

2

to blow off; to be blown off

1

fist

3

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

1

for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

2

Halloween

63

thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days

7

last day (of a month)

1

All Saints (group)

1

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival

3

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

3

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

4

saint

2

fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

1

April Fools' Day

1

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

April Fools' Day; April fool

1

April fool

1

tempo

2

quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

2

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)

29

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

1

Shibuya Center Street (famous shopping arcade in Tokyo)

2

television broadcast

1

cat ears

3

witch

11

hat; cap

14

to grow numb with cold

5

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

2

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

reading aloud; recitation

1

foreign country

1