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fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

2

first day; opening day

1

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

3

future (usually near); prospects

3

exclusive; attached to; specialist

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

subject; curriculum

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

English (language)

3

mathematics; arithmetic

1

slightly; faintly

1

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

only; nothing but

4

championship; title (of champion)

7

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

1

report; information

1

set one's teeth on edge

1

as a child; when one was a child

3

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

brains; brain tissue

1

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

1

banquet or reception hall

1

strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

1

Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

or; otherwise

2

silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

2

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

president (of a society); chairman

1

(train) departure bell

1

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

1

(not) one

1

how many times?

1

slight; dim; faint

1

evening calm

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to yearn for; to be in love with

1

tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

3

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

2

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket

4

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

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