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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

5

mountains

4

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

2

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

1

Justitia

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

3

waving heads (of grain)

1

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

1

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

3

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

see you tomorrow

1

recollection; reminiscence

1

to smile

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

5

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

5

internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp

2

researcher; lab worker

3

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

4

incident; affair; happening; event

1

head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

1

speech; address

1

male student

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

5

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

6

if; in case; supposing

1

curse; spell; malediction

30

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

1

rather than (do ...)

2

(not) so much; (not) that much

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

4

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

3

roots

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

10

mother

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relative; relation

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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