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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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Kobe (city)

28

very young; little; childish; immature

9

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

15

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

2

attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed

1

father

28

commuting to work

1

ago; since; before; previous

6

parent and child

4

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

5

every morning

2

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

11

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

10

Japanese (language)

8

conversation

3

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

3

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

3

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

3

English (language)

9

to mix; to stir; to blend

2

finally; barely; only just; gradually

5

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

10

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

5

relief; peace of mind

10

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

open sea

7

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

8

return; welcome home

9

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

11

to repeat; to do something over again

6

to pep up; to cheer up

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

19

to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

2

front gate

5

perfect; complete

8

surroundings; environs; circumference

6

everything

2

each; every

9

submersion; inundation; being flooded

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

4

moment by moment; hour by hour

2

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

6

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

4

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

19

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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