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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

7

Rebecca

5

Miyamoto

8

American person

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

58

father

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

13

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

mother

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

19

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

3

in history; ever; historical

1

youngest

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

16

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

3

Massachusetts

1

engineering college

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

Japan

2

to; towards; for

2

return to one's country

1

senior high school; high school

1

teacher (classroom)

4

to become; to amount to

1

however; but

2

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

12

she; her; girlfriend

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

54

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

3

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

-years-old

1

be; is

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

11

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

1

loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

26

(romantic) love

2

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

12

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

1

diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)

1

dazzling; radiant

1

sun

1

carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat

1

diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection

1

season; time of year

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

41

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

wave; ups and downs

2

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1