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main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

1

ticket; coupon; bond; certificate

4

same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

notice; notification; report; notification (on a smartphone, PC, etc.)

2

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

1

crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch

1

woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

1

marking one's own test

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Michael Jackson (1958.8.29-2009.6.25; American singer and songwriter)

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moonwalk (dance)

1

talent; ability

2

Moonwalker

1

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

1

better; superior

2

self-interest; selfish desire; greed

3

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

3

commander-in-chief; generalissimo

1

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

4

sinful; wicked; immoral

1

average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

2

fundamental; basic

1

flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger

1

one's plan

1

there are no shortcuts in learning

1

republican form of government; republicanism

1

universal suffrage

1

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

1

election

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

2

infant; baby; little child

5

private (non-governmental) school (college, university)

1

considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field

1

(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

2

Yoyogi

2

seminar

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welcome

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view

3

troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

1

extraordinary; special; unusual; immense

1

creakily; with a grating sound; packed full; crammed; with no room to spare

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

2

quiet; still; surreptitious

2

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

leaving; quitting; retiring

3

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1