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document; official papers

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distribution

4

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

3

please

2

desk; copy editor

1

English conversation; school for English conversation

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

2

child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

3

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

3

one year; some time ago

1

project

1

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

1

selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

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yes

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failure; mistake; blunder

4

retaliation; revenge

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

3

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

1

schoolboy; male student

2

schoolgirl; female student

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

3

relative; relation; kin

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

dry skin; bad skin; rough skin; unhealthy skin

1

to take time

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

1

to become attached; to begin to love

1

to talk nonsense

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

overtime (work)

1

(corrugated) cardboard

5

Watts

1

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

charm; amulet

1

elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

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three years

1

life; living; I; me; student

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Los Angeles

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to move (house); to change residence

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

3

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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