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counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)

3

ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

2

logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

5

thick; dense; luxuriant

1

something left in charge

3

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

1

full name

1

at the window; by the window; next to the window

1

low Japanese-style desk (for reading and writing)

4

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

12

reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook

5

unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise

1

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

1

sitting down; sitting up; sit!

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

2

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull

1

dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets

1

conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

2

air conditioner; cooler

8

model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon

1

graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender

2

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

3

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

3

young; youthful

1

not; does not exist

3

subject; curriculum

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

3

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

2

advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)

5

peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable

1

way; method; means

1

eyelashes

2

University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)

1

love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge

1

hare (esp. the Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

1

survival skills

1

ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

1

script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

to give something weight; to give something dignity

1

intellectual-type gangster

1

to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

2