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precedent

3

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

2

heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled

1

fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

1

to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

exception; exclusion

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

1

approval; endorsement

1

measure; step; action

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing

1

retention; maintenance; preservation

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

8

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

to glare at; to scowl at

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

few days

4

to be free; to be available

1

to take (be in) charge of

1

problem child

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

written examination

3

perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

1

preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

supplementary examination

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

day after day; every day

1

small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

3

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

son

1

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

3

wise; clever; smart

2

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

preachy; sanctimonious

1

obliging person; person who likes looking after others

1

nature; property; disposition

1