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document; official papers

3

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

police; police officer; police station

3

to be silent; to say nothing

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

2

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

1

to do as one likes

2

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

4

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

3

to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

2

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

2

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

2

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

4

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

2

to take one's eyes off

1

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

1

linen robe

5

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

two; 2

1

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

1

refrigerator; fridge

2

door; gate; opening; title page

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

4

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

5

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

1

back off!; leave me alone!

3

parent and child

1

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

7

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

1

to become better; to improve

2

friend; companion

13

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

2

to choose; to select

4

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

2

discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance

2

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

1