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I; me

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

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

3

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

2

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

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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

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how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

2

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.

42

experience

2

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

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each time it happens; at all such times

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

6

people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

1

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

3

to show; to display

3

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

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together (with); at the same time; in a lump

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continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

4

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

8

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

5

you; dear; honey

2

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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but; however; although

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these

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(a) few; some; several

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law; rule

2

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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

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Keiichi

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respect; honour; honor

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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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persecution complex; paranoia

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