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fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student

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to lend a hand; to help

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

2

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

7

to suck; to lick

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

5

speech; expression; wording; language

4

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

4

Noriko

3

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

3

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

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prayer; supplication

5

adoption (of a person)

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time lag

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(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

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expressing one's mind; speaking out

2

go home; get out

2

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

2

to push away; to push aside; to shove

4

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

fully; thoroughly

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to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

2

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

the scruff or nape of the neck

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froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)

1

blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke

2

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

2

future; possible; potential; prospective

2

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

4

opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

2

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

snoringly

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with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly

1

lovely; sweet

2

police officer

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questioning (e.g. by police)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

5

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

going home from work; on the way home from work

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okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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bite-sized sponge cakes

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

10

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

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