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election; selection; choice

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

2

studying very hard; studying like mad

1

book; volume

14

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

2

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

8

acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

2

desperation; struggle to the death

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

5

fifth (interval)

3

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

3

first stage examination

1

knowledge; information

8

written examination

1

perfect; complete; flawless

1

practical skill

1

passing mark (examination); passing grade

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

1

dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

1

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

2

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

3

one day; (on) a certain day

3

good feeling; feeling good

1

shade of tree; bower

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

8

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

lecturer

4

one year; some time ago

1

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

2

small bird; little bird

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

2

parent and child

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

3

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

6

porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics

3

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

orange (fruit, colour)

1

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

aftertaste

1

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent

1

sourness; acidity

2