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common knowledge; well-known fact

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

2

in one's own way or style

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uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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long distance; tele-

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working adult; full-fledged member of society

1

several years; a few years

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(marriage) proposal

2

marriage

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inertia; force of habit

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to crumble away; to collapse

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advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

2

changing schools

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announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

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to get used to hearing

2

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

1

to oversleep

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sleep

1

faint; swoon

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

3

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

3

to become dim; to become blurred

2

rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

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high-pitched; shrill

2

brake

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carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate

2

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

3

cute; pretty

1

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

1

vampire

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good feeling; feeling good

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to stretch (one's body)

3

difference; variation; difference

4

on one hand; on the other hand

2

Beauty and the Beast

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yes; that is so

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

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stopping one night

4

big problem

1

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

1

feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

3

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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