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flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)

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first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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to take (be in) charge of

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choice; selection; option

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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(archeological) remains; ruins; relics

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

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to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

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both persons

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selective system; system that offers choices

2

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

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hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

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if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

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to remain; to be left

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

2

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

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one's chance; the right time; target; objective

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god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

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to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back

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whether (or not); if

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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drool

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half-eaten

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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growing child's hearty appetite

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living expenses

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clicking; clopping; clacking

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saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing

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bread roll; hot dog bun

2

one (thing); one piece; one item

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baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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then; and (then); in that case; if so

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure

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female high school student

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wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

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elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

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