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afterword; postscript

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we; us

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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

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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.)

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divine spirit; spirit of the dead

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route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

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be; is

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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don't you think?; indicates question

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a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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to the end; to the last

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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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like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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hint; clue

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to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

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classmate

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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class

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register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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as planned; according to plan

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end; conclusion

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to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

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favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

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if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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idea

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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