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affirmation; affirmative

2

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

younger child

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

student in a higher grade; upperclassman

1

concern; interest

1

this year

1

meaning; significance

1

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

1

one's own room

1

tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

2

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

reading (books)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1

to waste time; to kill time

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

2

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

2

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

3

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

creed; doctrine; dogma

2

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

2

forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo

1

love story; romance; love affair

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

1

title

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

2

censorship; inspection; examination

1

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

2

is something that; is that which

1

H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; pervert; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

2

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

3

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

towering; astonishingly high

1

love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

1

stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

1

again; once more; a second time

1

(romantic) love

2

(young) girl; maiden; young lady

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

2

damned; cursed; accursed

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

1

immoral; illicit; unethical

1

love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

1