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flaxseed; linseed

1

Camembert

1

floating boat

4

person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

1

start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)

1

dunce; fool; idiot

2

common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)

1

dish fried in garlic oil

3

Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

second year of high school; second-year high-school student

1

irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal

1

talkative person; gossip

1

national university

1

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

1

class; short course

2

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

2

rosemary

1

paper scoop used in goldfish scooping

1

to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to

1

attractive face and figure

1

folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

1

locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

1

to take up employment

1

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

1

oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard

17

literary

1

back off!; leave me alone!

1

in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

dream for the future; hopes for the future

2

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

1

fortune; luck

1

good

1

okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)

1

to miss a chance; to fail to do

1

peak; mountain

31

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

1

very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

1

oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

1

librarian

3

(in) her way; peculiar to her

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

1

books

1

months (period of)

1