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Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)

2

three sons; third son

1

gifted education; special education for gifted children

1

Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)

1

middle and high school; medium and high (level)

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi

1

student accommodation; student dormitory

1

diligent; hard-working; industrious

1

top university; leading university; first-rate university

2

listed company (on a stock exchange)

1

privileged path to high status (e.g. in business, education, etc.); fast track to success; road to success

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

1

tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful

3

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

1

training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training

1

detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home

1

one's (own) house; one's (own) home

1

clever; bright; smart; intelligent

1

introverted; withdrawn

3

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

1

to take care of

1

to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way

1

first anniversary of a person's death

1

to recover; to be healed

1

workaholic; workaholism

1

overtime (work)

2

with one's own hands

2

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

2

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

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hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers

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Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business, etc.

1

deceased; late; dead; departed

3

summer

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science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

3

strongish; somewhat strong

2

hostess (in a hostess bar)

10

difficult to approach; inaccessible

1

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

to recall; to remember

2

Lux

1

one's birthplace

1

to engage in lively conversation

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

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incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

1