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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

1

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

1

to answer the phone

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

name; given name; first name

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

what kind of; what sort of; what

2

on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

1

timing

1

the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

soap opera

1

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

2

cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

1

next week

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

2

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing

1

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

7

this time; now

3

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

5

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

2

younger sister

1

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

5

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

2

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

... years old; age (of) ...

3

single mother

4

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

2

wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

1

contrastive

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

woman; female; feminine gender

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

pasture; grazing land

4

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

2

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

1

slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

2

he; him; boyfriend

3

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)

3

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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