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one act (play, etc.); scene; event

2

180 degrees; complete change

1

100,000,000; one hundred million

1

regarding highly; attaching importance to

2

to be highly pleased

1

mwahahaha (evil laughter)

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

to clap

3

helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

2

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

2

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

11

wool

4

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

2

shampoo

5

end of next month

1

Christmas

9

winter; wintertime; winter term

1

Christmas pudding

1

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

1

stollen; German fruit cake

1

snowman

1

Santa Claus

1

green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)

2

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

1

pedestrian crossing; crosswalk

1

in every way; in every aspect; from every angle

1

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

4

(free) sample; promotional gift

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

conditioner

1

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

19

seminar

12

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration

1

high achiever; student with good academic results

2

superhuman

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

5

station building

1

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

3

time one returns home

2

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

2

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

5

entrance (for passengers at a train station); passenger door (on a train, bus, etc.)

1

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

1

(indoor) heating

3

earphone

7

sound leaking (out of headphones, etc.); sound leakage

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

2