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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

3

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

3

single mother

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1

matriculation fee

1

tuition; school expenses

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

4

tuition fee; course fee

1

one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

4

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

1

feelings of guilt

1

future (usually near); prospects

3

elbow

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

one's high school days

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

2

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

2

sea breeze

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

3

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

1

indigo blue

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

2

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

2

bitterness; bitter taste

1

quarrel; trouble; dispute

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

4

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

3

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

word; word; Word; Microsoft Word

1

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

3

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

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

2

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

1

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

admissions office

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

1

wish; desire; ambition

2

wise; clever; smart

1