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 ''Note: These are the default settings for each mode. They might be changed by the arcade operator.''
 ;STEP UP
-:This mode gives you a songlist from a particular range of difficulty, and depending on your performance on each stage, available charts on successive stages will be easier or harder. You will always play three songs. SETUP is unavailable on 2-Player mode.
+:3 songs. This mode gives you a songlist from a particular range of difficulty, and depending on your performance on each stage, available charts on successive stages will be easier or harder. SETUP is unavailable on 2-Player mode.
 ;STANDARD
 :Up to 3 stages plus EXTRA STAGE (4 total). Select a song per stage and try to clear the stage with a Groove Gauge of at least 80% (except when using an alternative gauge). Songs cannot be repeated (except if use a DJ VIP PASS BLACK). Some versions can activate ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE. EXTRA STAGE is available for coins in Asian and Korean machines, but is only available in PREMIUM MODE of japanese cabinets and requires PASELI.
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 :This mode is one in which you can play a course of songs in a row without stopping. You start with the gauge at its maximum; if it drops to 0, the game is over. The gauge is the same as that used in Hard mode in normal play, but drops at a much slower rate.
 ;FREE
-:Practice mode. You can play to the end of a song and won't fail, but you get two songs to play (three if on 2-Player mode) and songs can be repeated.
+:2 songs (3 if on 2-Player mode). You can play to the end of a song and won't fail, but songs can be repeated, without difficulty limits.
 ;TIME FREE / PREMIUM FREE
-:Only available in certain days or if ARENA MODE only detects CPU players. You can play to the end of a song and won't fail, but you get 5 minutes (or more in PREMIUM FREE) to play. PREMIUM FREE is only available in japanese cabinets and requires PASELI.
+:TIME FREE is only available in certain days or if ARENA MODE only detects CPU players. Like FREE mode, except that you get 5 minutes (or more in PREMIUM FREE) to play. PREMIUM FREE is only available in japanese cabinets and requires PASELI.
 ;HAZARD
 :This mode was added in IIDX EMPRESS. This mode is available by highlighting FREE mode and pressing the three black keys. In HAZARD mode, breaking combo will result in instant stage failure. However, the player is guaranteed four stages regardless of clear/fail status on the first three. A Poor with no notes on the line will drop the gauge by 25% and there is no gauge increasing.
 ;TIME HAZARD
-:Only available in certain days. Breaking combo will result in instant stage failure. However, the player is guaranteed 8 minutes to play instead of 4 stages. It can be accessed the same way as HAZARD.
+:Only available in certain days. Like HAZARD mode, except that the player is guaranteed 8 minutes to play instead of 4 stages. It can be accessed the same way as HAZARD.
 ;TIME HELL
-:Only available in certain days. You can't recover the groove gauge while playing. However, the player is guaranteed 8 minutes to play.  It can be accessed the same way as HAZARD.
+:Only available in certain days. Like TIME FREE mode, except that You can't recover the groove gauge while playing, but the player is guaranteed 8 minutes to play. It can be accessed the same way as HAZARD.
 ;CLASS / DAN / Step Rank Recognition
 :This is basically the same as EXPERT, but as for options, you can only select HI-SPEED, and each course has four songs. The combination of songs differs for every difficulty, which is the difference between this and EXPERT.