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to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

3

coagulation; freezing; solidification

1

to recall; to remember

3

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

1

hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle

1

emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

1

two groups; two bands

7

scouting; reconnaissance

2

as ... as possible

1

commencing with; including

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

2

allocation; assignment; allotment

1

versatility; multiplicity of use

1

backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup

1

the other; the other one

1

middle guard; halfback (e.g. football); center forward (e.g. volleyball); centre forward

2

number of persons; personnel

3

clarification; definition

1

group (usu. of people)

1

many-sided; versatile; polygonal; diversified

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

6

to finish watching (e.g. a movie)

1

searching for the enemy

1

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

5

rationality

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

to launch a surprise attack

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

3

rebellious spirit; defiant attitude

2

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess

3

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

2

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

2

ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation

4

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

2

probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation

1

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

3

student accommodation; student dormitory

4

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

since then; after that

2

a few years later

2

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

1

to estimate

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

5

lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life

1