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Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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sole girl in a group of geeks

2

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

traditional; customary; conventional

3

within the school

1

manner (with others); attitude

1

quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

2

ideal

1

on the occasion of

3

emphasis-adding particle

2

to stiffen; to harden

1

poker face

2

rainbow

2

meandering; winding

1

mysterious person

1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

1

purity; innocence

1

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

2

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

3

younger scholar; future reference

1

tall tree

5

to worry oneself (about)

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

1

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

campus

1

clubroom

12

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP

1

male student

2

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily

1

I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go

1

age difference; age gap

1

ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

1

to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)

1

economic strength; economic power; economic might

2

resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

1

foreign capital group; foreign company

5

salaried; paid; with pay; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave

2

easy task; no problem

1

set one's teeth on edge

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

company name; corporate name

1

foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

1

affinity

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

1