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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

2

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

2

we

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

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weak person; the weak

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to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

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one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

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showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

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(audio) recording

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image; picture; portrait

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to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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abusive language; violent language; wild words

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discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

3

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

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to spare time (for)

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

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our school; my school

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

2

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

3

finding employment; getting a job

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

4

expulsion (from school)

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

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studies; schoolwork; classwork

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

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correction; revision; rectification

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painful experience

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

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to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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parents; both parents

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further; above; anymore

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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article; news story; report; account

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