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fluent; smooth; flowing

3

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

1

particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word

1

inflecting dependent word (in Japanese); bound auxiliary; auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)

1

context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

2

to grasp the meaning

1

minor role; small part

2

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

8

immediately; right away; on the spot

4

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

3

main theater of war; principal battlefield

1

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

3

examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations

1

sergeant

1

lecturer

4

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

mere; only a ...

1

having said that; on the other hand

6

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

3

teacher (classroom)

42

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

4

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

2

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

1

school cafeteria

6

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

13

line; queue; procession; matrix

2

small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

22

rice and curry; curry rice

7

student days

12

secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

8

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

128

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

5

reading (books)

5

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

library; book collection; paperback book

3

bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell

6

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

14

gymnasium

2

ten; 10; ten years of age

6

minutes (period of)

1

extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist

1

special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)

1

smoke; fumes

18

community

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

4

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

3

oppression; suppression; pressure

3

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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