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Nobuko

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boarding house; school dormitory

2

suffering (from a calamity); affliction

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dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

3

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

2

one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)

1

motive; incentive; motif

2

homecoming; returning home

2

place of work

6

semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

1

Western-style house

1

resident; inhabitant

1

nameplate; doorplate

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

4

interior; inside; internal

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

upper; upward; outer; surface; top

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker

2

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

1

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

5

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

4

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

late; slowly

2

to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

3

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

moaning; muttering; complaining

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

3

private railway or bus line

2

government railway line

1

one hour

3

slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness

1

to invite; to show (someone) in

2

girls' school

2

small talk; chat; gossip

1

living room (Japanese-style)

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

2

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

3

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

12

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

1

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

12

trackless; reckless; dissipated

1

end; conclusion

1

mother

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1