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child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

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potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

2

successive championships

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

3

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

1

key station; flagship station; leading station of a broadcasting network

1

gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)

1

being very popular; being in great demand

1

person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)

4

head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head

1

box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)

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(on) the same day

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

decisiveness

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to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

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lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer

2

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

2

non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice

3

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

1

third year of high school; third-year high-school student

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grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

3

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

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wife who is older than her husband

1

straw sandals

1

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

1

strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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Tokyo

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scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

5

easy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover

5

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

1

changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux

1

tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

3

punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation

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ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened

2

board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel

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as it is; frankly

2

chess

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to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

3

trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties

2

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

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sole; only; just

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go (board game)

3

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

1