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romanticist; romantic; dreamer

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to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

2

citrus; citrus fruit; citrus (as a fragrance category; in perfumes, detergents, etc.); citrus scent

3

Edo period (1603-1868)

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han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

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han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers

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antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

3

site; plot; lot; grounds

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deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

4

what grade (in school)

3

to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)

3

maintaining the status quo

3

inferiority complex; sense of inferiority

4

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

4

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

2

manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

2

decision; determination

3

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

4

record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

4

certain country

2

heir to a throne

2

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

2

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

2

boiling (something); voile (type of fabric)

2

Charles' law; Charles's law

2

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

2

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

2

to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)

2

Chall

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to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

2

return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

2

Kasugano

2

minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

3

masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

2

kaross (cloak made of animal skin)

2

death in battle

2

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

2

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

5

surname; family name; last name

2

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

3

sales battle; business competition

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unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid

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nostalgia; homesickness

2

(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart

4

setting up specially; special installation

2

sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

2

Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

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