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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

4

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

was; were

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

2

good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

2

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

2

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

3

love song; love poem

2

to send each other

1

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

married woman; another's wife

1

to fall in love

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

place that is often written about in waka poetry; oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry

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to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

2

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

4

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

3

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

3

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

3

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

dream

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

now; the present time; just now; another; more

4

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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