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fast asleep; bombed; crashed

1

Uenoyama

5

between short and second; middle

1

sexuality

1

capricious; moody; whimsical

1

(arch.) being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain; fifth lunar month

7

Akihiko

4

bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit; weak

1

to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat

1

category

1

Murata

1

soloist

1

Brahms

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

to brace oneself; to keep one's spirits up; to keep one's composure; to pull oneself together; to stay strong

1

wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability

1

first year of high school; first-year high school student

1

abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field

1

(one) line; (one) row

1

Haruki

5

mid-air breakage or disintegration

1

being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented

1

to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

1

sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

1

study camp; overnight field trip; travelling class; class held in a different room (music, science, etc.)

1

rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

1

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

1

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

left ear

1

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

on the way; someday

1

to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident

2

words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word

1

junior

1

indeed; it's no wonder

1

emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

1

sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)

1

the big two...; two major...; two main...

1

passing mark

1

late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

2

boy

1

unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

1

adjoining each other

1

violin

1

four

1