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credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

3

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

1

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

2

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

daughter

2

cone; pyramid

1

bride and groom

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

2

to run one's eye over (e.g. to check if it's OK); to glance over; to skim through

1

bridegroom

4

bright person; talented student; prodigy

6

bride

4

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

1

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

1

fine performance; tour de force

1

the former

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the latter

1

wealthy person or family

4

rough; careless; reckless; slovenly

3

(your, his, her) daughter

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

after graduation

1

piano

1

practice; training

1

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

11

ten years; decade

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

2

stupidity; dull person; dullness

2

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)

1

power; authority; influence

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

service; duty; work

1

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

1

district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

1

looks; personal appearance; features

1

being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity

1

city

1

girls' high school (pre-WWII)

2

halfway; unfinished

1

dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

1

at present; now

1

apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping

1

stepmother

1

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1