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the present term; the present session

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all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)

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to mix; to stir; to blend

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odd reply; amusing answer; oddball response

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to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd

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person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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expression; look; countenance; face

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next inning; next time

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negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

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you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home

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cosmos; garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus); Mexican aster

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manor; villa

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great war; great battle; world war

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Taro Achi (1978.10.3-; novelist and screenwriter)

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to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)

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to overeat

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to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

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cover; lid; cap

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to use up all one's strength; to die

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster

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to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

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to take (be in) charge of

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marking; grading; scoring

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to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

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fainting; swooning

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence

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Kanash

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relation; relationship

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modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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vocabulary

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on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

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to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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stream; brook; creek

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falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy

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nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai; giant beast that inhabits the mountains

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each house; every house; many houses

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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to run up to

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crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

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