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apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

3

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

4

failure; mistake; blunder

6

forty; 40

2

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

2

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

wedded life; married life

1

to dream (of)

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have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

2

regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day

1

depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection

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pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

3

failure story; horror story

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interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

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circumstances

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previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

4

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

6

first meeting; first interview with

3

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

nine times; twisting around many times

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

6

to be common

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

3

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

2

walk; stroll

4

Hamamatsu (city)

4

government office; agency; board

1

to be the case that

3

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

4

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

8

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

1

restaurant

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

to drop one's shoulders

3

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

2

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

2

feel sick; feel unwell

1

to drink too much

1

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

3

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

4

alcohol; sake

15

drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

1

violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

2