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puffed up

1

truant child; child who refuses to attend school

3

admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment

9

(another's) parents

3

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

11

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

5

the whole country

3

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

snakes and scorpions; something detestable

1

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

3

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

4

scholarship system

2

virtue; charm; merit; good point

1

principle of laissez-faire

1

culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

21

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

36

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

2

tone

1

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

1

spaceship

10

model; dummy; maquette

7

discovery

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

4

building; construction

6

Jupiter (planet)

2

research vessel; research ship

2

human history

2

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

6

clear; bright; sunny

4

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

6

trueborn; genuine; capable; first-class; briskly; smartly

1

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

New Year's Eve

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

3

to take a breath; to take a short rest

2

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

8

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

4

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

4

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

1

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

1

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

5

same; similar; (just) like; equal

21

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

5

good boy; good girl

2

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

2

opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

1