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transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

4

midterm (mid-semester) test or exam

1

quiz; short test; mini test

9

replication (of an experiment); verification (of experimental results); reproduction; supplementary examination; makeup exam

1

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)

2

Perry; Perry, Matthew C. (1794-1858; American navy officer); Peri; Perri; Pelly; Peli

1

bamboo spear

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867; samurai and politician)

1

Satan

1

connivance; overlooking

1

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

3

answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper

3

alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC

1

counter for choices, options, etc.

1

setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

2

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

2

cough; coughing; tussis

1

counter for questions

5

not understanding; not knowing

3

goat

1

Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

1

Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

international phone call

3

regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice

1

Australia

1

Cairns (Australia); Cairnes

1

São Tomé and Príncipe

1

republic; commonwealth

1

Gulf of Guinea

2

island country

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

2

spotlight; close observation

1

large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth

2

ignorance is bliss

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

1

prime time (on television or radio); peak time

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

5

at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant

3

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi

2

scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer

2

neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor

1

beef sinew; beef tendon

1

the end

1

sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens

1

five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

7

godparent; namer; first person to give something its name

1

none other than; ... himself; ... herself

2