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effect; efficacy; omen

2

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

4

a find; windfall; bargain

1

sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign

1

passive

3

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

heavy rain

1

19; nineteen

8

student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

7

good old; good old-fashioned

1

Dragon Quest, a.k.a. Dragon Warrior (RPG series)

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computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI

1

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

effect

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

2

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

1

semi-transparent; translucent

1

Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)

1

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

1

game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system

1

wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

unfinished; in progress

1

data; datum

1

plop; plonk; plunk; flop

1

breaking off; snapping off

1

preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school

11

lecture

4

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

1

reference book

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)

8

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

7

multi-

2

surroundings; circumference

3

over the top; thickly; heavily; richly

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

full-length mirror

1

spindly; weak; gangly

1

troublesome; bothersome

1

pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case

2

judge

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

4

to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

2

teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

2

family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera

1

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

1

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

3

child abuse

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