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side table; bedside table

4

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking

5

(temporary) closure of school

1

to brush one's teeth

1

rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)

1

turnip (Brassica rapa)

2

broccoli

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

1

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

1

for the present; for the time being

1

slowly but steadily

1

cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly

3

mantle; cloak; manteau

2

bullfighter; matador

2

person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company

1

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

1

to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach

1

to brandish; to flash; to display

1

to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

1

rapid development; rapid unfolding

1

airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft

10

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

swindle; fraud

1

airline company

1

for private or home use

2

dance; dancing

1

quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

1

estimated time of arrival; ETA

1

noon; midday

1

suited figure; person in a suit

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

participant in a group tour; group tourist

1

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

9

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

return; welcome home

2

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

once a year

1

Christmas card

1

at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game

1

visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)

10

geography

1

accommodation; lodging

2

surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

3

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

3

sandpit; sandbox

2

advanced age; old age

2

marigold

2