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marking; scent marking

2

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

4

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

3

inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)

2

(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

2

resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)

3

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China

1

deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed

2

magazine; journal; periodical

2

X-ray

2

ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

1

inner structure; internal anatomy

3

number of years

1

Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

5

Heian period (794-1185)

1

Mongol Empire

1

The Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright)

1

mere; simple; sheer

2

science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

1

to become

1

one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art

4

challenger

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

2

heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

3

weekend; Saturday and Sunday

2

overseas trip

2

number of days (times) one has attended

3

paid vacation; paid holiday

2

leaving early

1

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

10

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

3

dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

2

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

2

promotion (school, military, etc.)

1

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

1

distress; wretched condition

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

2

poker face

3

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

4

matter causing distress; something causing worry

2

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

2

career woman

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

older; senior

4

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

1

lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss

1

mademoiselle

1

to harbor ill feeling

1