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table of contents; contents

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advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

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Tuesday

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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compared to

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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one by one; one at a time; in turn

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to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

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crazy; mad; devoid of reason

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ground glass; frosted glass

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membrane; film

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to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

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telegram

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news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake

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look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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to finish reading; to read through

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tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

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reading (books)

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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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written description of one's thoughts

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-less; lacking; non-existing

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Emperor of Japan

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autumn; fall

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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school infirmary

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muffled voice

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homeroom; form room; form class

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moving about; stirring about

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lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

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to head home; to leave for home

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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appointment; rendezvous; date

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

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to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

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self control; self restraint

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faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

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to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

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mailing; posting

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another thing; exception; special case

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to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

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continuation; sequel

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to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

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harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

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