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having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1

loud laughter

2

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

7

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

many times

1

warning; advice

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

1

to bring someone along

5

bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

3

fact; truth; reality

14

to sob

1

to hug; to clasp to one's breast

12

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

3

to embrace each other

3

covered in mud; mud-caked

1

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

11

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

5

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

3

small bird; little bird

2

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

2

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

4

premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts

1

to come and go; to go back and forth

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

4

third floor

1

hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole

1

musical instrument

1

wind music; wind instrument music

1

special training; intensive training; crash course

1

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

1

association of like-minded people

1

new student; freshman; first-year student

12

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

2

(Western) playing cards

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

4

suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers

1

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

2

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

nameplate; doorplate

1