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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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ear; year

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

2

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

to collect evidence

1

twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

4

-years-old

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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east

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ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

2

this

1

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

2

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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to answer; to reply

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

2

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2

holiday; day off

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

3

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

1

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

1

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

13

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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just a minute; small quantity

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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pain of being in debt

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

mother

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shape up!; act properly!

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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father

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

2

parents; both parents

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