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free (of charge); gratuitous

2

to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

1

outside the prefecture

1

Sunday

1

to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted

1

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)

1

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

8

for a long time

3

unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule

1

taboo; contraindication

1

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

5

unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty

1

sightseeing; tourism

6

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

3

electronic goods

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

play; drama

4

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

third-rate; third-class

4

to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting

2

to return; to come back

4

funeral

4

homecoming; returning home

3

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

2

classmate

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close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

5

attendance; participation; presence

1

bizarre murder; grotesque murder

2

hot topic; talk of the town

1

means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

2

fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up

2

all; every

7

pointing out; identification

14

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

5

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

4

to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy

3

to complete decisively; to do to completion

3

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

3

cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

off-the-record

2

conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

3

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)

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retirement; resignation

1

closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine

3