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counter for nights

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A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)

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good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

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precipitation fog; mist caused by rain

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lane; alley

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to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

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umbrella stand

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water jug

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coarse oilpaper umbrella

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to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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Suifu

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rainy night

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deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

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hospitalization; hospitalisation

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fine (mesh, fabric texture)

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greasy; slimy; slippery

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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stealthy steps; soft steps

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red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium

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grandmother

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hotel

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running amok; committing an outrage; rampageous behavior

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glueing

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yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

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weather; fair weather; fine weather

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friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people

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overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

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to doubt one's own eyes

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nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

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nagging; fault-finding

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young girl; lass; adolescent female

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softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

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well, I must admit ...

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inconvenient

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dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview

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practical; realistic; pragmatic

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theoretical

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

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attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

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so what!; who gives a damn?

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protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something

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national park

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regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

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second step; hesitation

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