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illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

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(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

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deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

4

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind

2

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

3

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

1

else; in addition; besides

4

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

2

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

6

a certain ...; some ...

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deep in the forest

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

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pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

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disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

solitude; loneliness; isolation

2

whenever (each time) one sees (it)

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

forest; shrine grove

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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means; way; method; measure

1

letter; note

15

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

3

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

to continue writing

1

several months

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

1

pigeon; dove

5

ankle

1

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

4

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

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question; inquiry; enquiry

2

reply; answer; response

6

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

3

acquaintance

2

intimacy; friendship

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)

1

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

2

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

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somewhere; in some respects; in some way

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(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family

3

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

3

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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