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mock exam; practice exam; practice test

2

to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

1

reason; right

1

offensive; aggressive

1

putting into operation; invocation

1

arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories

2

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

1

report card; result sheet

1

paper

1

Pella

1

judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

2

pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)

1

to pass (examination)

6

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

1

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

2

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

1

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

smile

2

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

3

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

2

to keep walking

1

full

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

1

immediately; promptly

1

desperate; hopeless

1

groan; moan; moaning

1

outside the house

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

3

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

2

to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)

1

to relax; to feel at home

2

oil

1

royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern

1

cramped

1

to make tea

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

group work

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

1

family-oriented; familial

2

finely chopped (cooking)

1

wide difference; a world of difference

1

tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome

1