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paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

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standing signboard; billboard; hoarding

1

senior high school; high school

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kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

1

New Year's Eve; end of the year

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

lovers talk; sweet nothings

1

hungry; starving

3

Lina; Rina; Ri-na

3

to be hungry

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to become spring-like; to show signs of spring

1

winter clothes

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

1

pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

1

pawnshop

1

eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall

1

soba restaurant

1

redevelopment

1

disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity

1

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

1

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on

1

twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)

1

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

1

(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

10

increase in speed, acceleration

3

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

2

Southeast Asia

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Africa

1

orientation

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seller's market

4

bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)

1

superheating; overheating

1

period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

10

high school graduate

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to sit for an examination

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employment; starting work

2

superhuman

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industry; industries

3

minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD

3

useless; worthless; absurd; baloney

2

Birin

1

quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago

2

first step

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to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant

1

previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

5

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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