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Newstone

2

Rheineck

2

beriberi

1

Eden

3

Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose

1

peanut

1

upward move; advance

1

evening; night

6

restricted; confidential

1

operational; strategic

1

important matter (for discussion (deliberations))

2

Morse code (esp. signalling)

1

adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese

1

swan

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

falcon; Falcon (missile)

2

role of the villain; the bad guy

1

to move up; to advance

1

nine; team; players on a team; no

1

delivery

1

the teaching profession; education of laity

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

2

answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper

1

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

1

successful applicant

2

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

2

operation

6

secretary

1

vacancy; vacant position

1

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

1

filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate

3

tendency; trend

1

celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity

1

jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket

1

setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

1

poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage

2

boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!

1

intelligence operative; spy

2

cast (of a play)

1

bill; job invoice

1

aim

1

information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

1

theme park

1

takeoff

1

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

6

incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)

1

to become (formal)

1

move with haste (when you have no doubts)

1

to knock down; to knock out

1

our school; my school

1