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signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

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nice; likeable; desirable

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

1

fast pace; quick pace

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business suit

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unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

4

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

6

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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after death

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purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment

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murder scene

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to happen to come along

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful

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to come to see; to come and see; to visit

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outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour

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psychological; mental

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hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

3

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

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attachment; love

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(something) one does not really mean; insincere

2

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

8

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

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to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

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one's rival in love

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killing; murder

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thus

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concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

4

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

4

to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

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absence; disregard; indifference

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)

1

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

1

humid; sultry

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normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college

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house; dwelling; human habitation

7

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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country road

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meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

3

hedge

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leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

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dimly white

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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road; highway

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light; lamplight

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