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point-blank range

2

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

3

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

2

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

3

driver; chauffeur

1

departure; leaving; setting off

1

radiant smile; contented smile

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

those; they

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

1

friend; acquaintance

3

excursion; field trip; school trip

20

new school term

3

wish; desire; ambition; choice

4

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

6

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

1

to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

2

first 10 days of the month

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

3

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

1

at once; immediately; right now

3

stickily; relentlessly

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)

3

with a momentary flash of light

1

encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

1

strength training; resistance training; muscle-building

1

to whine; to make feeble complaints

2

(one's parents') home

3

rest; relief; relaxation

1

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

1

print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer

1

blank column; blank space

1

questionnaire (form)

1

written investigation; report of an investigation; school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

2

place of employment

3

questionnaire; survey; poll

1

one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank

1

everyday life; daily life

2

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

2

type of occupation; occupational category

1

second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant

3

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1