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promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

3

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

2

school

2

half a year; six months

3

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

office work; desk work; indoor work

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

2

(one's) mother

1

(one's) life

1

not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

1

(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle

2

after

1

then; well then; if so

1

that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so

1

day shift; day duty; day work; daily work; going to work every day

1

and then; after that

1

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

3

I see; that's right; indeed

1

Ikue

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

1

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

1

multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

1

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

2

appetite (for food)

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

2

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

there is nothing; having nothing

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

daughter

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

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

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

never again

1

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

sudden illness

3

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

within ...; inside ...

2

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

2