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alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

13

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

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

52

karaoke

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

5

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

2

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

19

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

39

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

10

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

20

to enjoy (oneself)

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

33

huh?; what's up?

9

man; male; masculine gender

2

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

police officer; policeman; policewoman

3

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

2

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

6

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

22

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

4

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

1

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

31

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

1

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

26

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

4

inlet; seashore; beach

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

south

3

police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

1

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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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

1

be; is

22

(public) park

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

4

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

4

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

3

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

4

but; however; although

12

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

2

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

9

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

6

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

6