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Hiroko

1

Hollywood

1

Aki

1

standard-bearer; flag-bearer

1

whole school; the first proof; one proofreading

1

Kanji era (1087.4.7-1094.12.15)

1

nori bento

3

grandma; grandmother

1

dinner; evening meal

1

rate of advancement to the next higher level of education

1

flamingo

1

punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock

1

winter; wintertime; winter term

1

management system

1

(written) application; application form

1

of no concern at all; no skin off my nose

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

grandpa; grampa; grandfather

3

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

2

handbag; shopping bag

1

metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

1

one person's portion

1

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

2

favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias

2

-nth time

2

stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

chow; three-in-a-row

1

membership fee

1

women's college; women's university

1

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

1

squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

2

out-of-school; off-campus

1

informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together

1

Parent-Teacher Association; PTA

11

cognitive impairment; senility; dementia

1

in the middle of a field

1

pedestrian bridge

3

finely chopped (cooking)

1

confirmation; certification; ascertainment

1

Othello (board game)

2

sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

2

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

1

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

1

to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

1

growth period (in children)

1

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

8

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

to trouble; to bother; to annoy

1

to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

1