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Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

5

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

60

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

1

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

77

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

2

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

1

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

10

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

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

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series

1

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

3

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

6

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

3

one day; (on) a certain day

1

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

97

after school (at the end of the day)

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in the city; within the city

1

certain place

1

Nukumizu

14

house; family

1

second floor; upstairs

1

one room

1

three people

4

leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum); Japanese silverleaf

1

woman; girl

1

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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

4

that; those; the

3

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

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

2

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

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

10

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

4

you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

14

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

8

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

10

be; is

1

isn't that right?

5

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer

1

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

3

Shiratama

24

to stoop; to bend over

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

4

to look around; to survey

2