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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

5

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age

20

Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

until now; so far; up to the present

5

different (from); not the same (as)

1

the Berlin Wall

2

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

5

drugstore; pharmacy

1

tissue; facial tissue

4

extremely; terrifically; super

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

3

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

2

locker; rocker

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

Genga (Italy); Jenga

1

batting first

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

1

true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

1

while in class

2

snoring; snore

1

pace

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

6

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

empty stomach; hunger

1

beef

1

gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK

1

make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

2

recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

11

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

make-up; makeup; cosmetics

2

porch; pouch

1

shut up!; be quiet!

5

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

3

school gate

2

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

3

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1