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reverence; respect

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

5

obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego

1

compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

3

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

2

Hong Kong; Hongkong

3

return; restoration

2

that is to say; so that means

2

knowledge; information

8

it may be because

2

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

6

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

4

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

11

Chinese person

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

5

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

5

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

15

Colosseum; Coliseum

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

2

supermarket

1

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

1

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

2

feeling; sense; impression

8

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

6

refrain

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)

7

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

14

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

3

similar

7

woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)

1

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

4

Antonia

1

Fraser; Frazer

1

nun; priestess

1

quiet; still; surreptitious

1

Hayakawa

2

mystery

3

Kitami

1

annual publication; year of publication

2

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

3

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

4

interviewer

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

member of the lower house

1

Tom; Thom; Tomu

2

Victoria station

1

back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

1

lower house; lower legislative chamber

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

1