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as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

2

random; random sampling

4

disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

4

good time to make a profit; most profitable season; peak time

1

about 80%; almost certainly; mostly

1

small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall

1

(many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room; sleeping together in a huddle

2

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

slipper; slippers

1

Japanese-style room

1

area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space

4

fourteen; 14

1

shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)

2

phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line

2

front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management

1

personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia

1

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

2

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

our country Japan

1

beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful

3

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

4

full operation

5

in the future; another day; later

2

ill will; malice; evil intent

3

without showing any sign of; without giving the slightest indication of; without saying anything of; without breathing a word of

1

failure story; horror story

1

reference; consultation

3

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

graveyard; cemetery

2

test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)

13

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow

1

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

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

4

unlucky

1

short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

2

girl who wears glasses

1

countermeasure; counter-measure

2

(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude

2

new field

2

one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer

5

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

8

to turn the lights off

1

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

3

chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly

1

just because; even if; even though

2

sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

1

AD; Anno Domini

2