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no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever

3

report; information

6

(romantic) love

12

roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid

1

thus

1

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

3

even

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

ability; capability; skill

3

(not) even with; (not) even using

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

5

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

flourish of trumpets; fanfare

1

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

1

all over Japan; throughout Japan

2

men and women of all ages

1

10th day of the month; ten days

1

to pass; to pass by

2

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

3

withered silver grass

1

to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge

1

inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

2

to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

1

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

3

Imperial Family; Imperial Household

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

4

faint; fainting; losing consciousness

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

1

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

evening; dusk; twilight

2

showroom

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

3

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged

1

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

1

three times; thrice; third (interval)

4

end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

hot and humid; muggy; sultry

1

pressure; force

2

ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china

1

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

3

borrowing; debt; loan

1

Ochanomizu (Tokyo district); Ochanomizu (Kyogen play)

1

civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

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