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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

2

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

13

telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

6

business

3

counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

9

frank; candid; frankfurter; frank

4

tone (of voice); manner of talking

46

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

3

attempted suicide

1

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

6

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

31

father

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

13

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

10

name; given name; first name

65

self-introduction

4

greeting; a fine thing to say

4

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

14

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

5

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

3

in history; ever; historical

1

most; extremely

8

surprise

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

3

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

2

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

4

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

going through; going via; going by way of

1

five; 5

7

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

5

several minutes; a few minutes

6

Gotanda Station

2

pleasure quarter

2

east entrance; east exit

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

2

west entrance; west exit

4

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

1

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

2

to be conspicuous; to stand out

8

high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

1

office building; office complex

1

to take up one's residence

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

2

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

2

entrance

5

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

6