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singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus

1

ground glass; frosted glass

2

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

4

to be suspicious (of)

5

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

1

summer festival; summer matsuri

1

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

2

Western-style room

1

low dining table; tea table

26

mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense

1

labor; labour; toil; hardship

1

(dying of) natural causes

3

cerebral hemorrhage

1

other than; excluding; without

2

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

5

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)

3

washbasin; washstand

4

repair; mending

3

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

1

jelly beans; jellybeans

1

thereunder; whereunder

2

puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly

1

rim; brim; edge; brink

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stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

1

four o'clock

1

to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up

8

ceramics; pottery and porcelain

6

bowl

2

lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

2

salad

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

5

to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

2

Yūko

1

third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)

1

club activities; extracurricular activities

2

junior high school student; middle school pupil

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senior high school student

3

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

5

fast-talking; rapid talking

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bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

4

the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance

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ball-point pen

2

family members

1

suspicious person

6

hey; listen

1

to hurt; to smart; to sting

6

butter knife

1