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dry run; rehearsal

2

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

3

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

1

to hang (something) on the wall

1

nine; 9

6

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

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

1

mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

senior high school student

4

second floor; upstairs

1

to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

4

one's own room

1

impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

2

success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

1

to laugh scornfully

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

4

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

3

borderline; boundary

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

5

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

3

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

6

next morning

1

time warp; time travel

6

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat

2

to sit (down)

1

real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

1

as always; as usual

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

Hiroko

8

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

1

good morning

5

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

3

then; if so; if

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

1

to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

7

to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

5

Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

throat; important part; vital area

1

16th day of the month; 16 days

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

4

to have an accident; to meet with an accident

6

24 hours; twenty-four hours

4

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1