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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

friend; companion

4

he; him; boyfriend

2

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

4

Kobe (city)

2

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

3

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

2

each other; one another

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

3

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

sense of reality

1

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

2

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

precisely because

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

4

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

2

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

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

pleasant feeling; good vibes

1

fire; flame; blaze

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

3

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

going on about oneself; talking about oneself

1

to get angry

1

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

1

obedient; docile; quiet

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

2

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

Mikio

9

mother; wife

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

2

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1