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every month; each month; monthly

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latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

4

younger sister

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ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

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sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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however; whatever

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not caring; not giving a damn

1

to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet

1

heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

5

boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

1

too much; excessive; too

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

3

episode; anecdote; vignette; episode

1

was

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worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker

1

return; welcome home

2

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

it seems so; that's what it looks like

1

show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment

1

entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

divorce

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magazine; journal; periodical

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1

weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

1

night; evening; dinner

1

weekend; Saturday and Sunday

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

1

being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

3

prize money; monetary award; reward

2

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

2

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

2

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

let's; let's do

1

royalty (on book)

2

life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

2

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

4

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

2

grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

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to count; to enumerate

2

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

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