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studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

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entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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(period of) one year

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)

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rough sketch

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starting late; late departure

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starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)

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private university

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department (faculty) of literature

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weekend

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to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

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izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

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to remain; to stay (somewhere)

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alcohol; sake

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drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk

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covered with; stained; smeared

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how many hours?

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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report; information

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one's high school days

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eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

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professor; teaching; instruction

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rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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rising; up-and-coming

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artist; musician

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art gallery; art museum

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how old?; what age?

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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impulse; impetus; urge

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

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to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

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taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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dropout; straggler; outcast; failure

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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to say goodbye; to bid farewell

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect

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