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complete change; about-face

2

since when; from when; how long

2

self-analysis; autoanalysis

1

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

imprinting; stenciling

2

suspension bridge effect; phenomenon where someone in fear or surprise mistakes their physiological response as romantic arousal

2

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

3

easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

1

one's (living) environment

1

sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

1

to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

1

to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

2

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

2

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1

in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

temporary truce; ceasefire

1

open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

1

warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)

2

bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)

3

proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio

2

to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

1

ouch!

1

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

precipice; cliff; flat head

2

bookmark; guidebook

2

schedule; itinerary

1

heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)

4

Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

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Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

2

strait; channel

1

Hiroshima Peace Memorial; A-Bomb Dome; Genbaku Dome

1

Imabari

3

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

2

return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction

1

hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

4

lottery; drawn lot

2

concession; conciliation; compromise

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

1

five o'clock

1

nearby place

1

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

2

another school; other schools

1

student on field trip

1

acute ear; good ear

5

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

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to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to

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