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

3

(romantic) love

8

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

be; is

1

from now; from this moment; henceforth

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

2

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

1

a certain ...

1

boardinghouse

2

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

2

living together; communal life; cohabitation

1

to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

1

ah; oh; hey!

2

to be slow in saying

1

I; me

15

manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties

4

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

3

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

3

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

Hamada Mari (1968.12-)

1

be; is

13

superstar

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

5

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

lesson

1

to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

2

every day; daily

1

was

4

one day; (on) a certain day

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

1

Paik

3

company president; manager; director

5

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

13

shriek; scream

1

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

4

a certain ...; some ...

2

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

5

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

14

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

to become; to be

1