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boyfriend; he; him

2

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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real estate agent; realtor

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

2

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

to walk

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

16

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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to be the ruin of (a person)

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

6

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

2

was

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

pupil; student; schoolchild

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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girl's feeling; maiden's mind

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

having one misfortune after another; insult to injury

1

part-time high school; night high school

1

music

3

teacher (classroom)

2

Sugimura Haruko (1909.1.6-1997.4.4)

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

2

(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies

1

to dream (of)

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

actress; female actor

5

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

2

three people

4

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

this time; now

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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