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inside the gates

1

rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

1

door; gate; opening; title page

2

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

deep sigh

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

2

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

4

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

2

ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

1

uproar; disturbance

5

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

5

woman; girl

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Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

1

to stab to death

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

2

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

1

memory; sense; experience

2

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

chopsticks

1

while at a distance; indirectly; casually

1

to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

3

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

1

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

8

deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

1

mother

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tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

3

to thank

5

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

5

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

5

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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in order; in turn

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

6

stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

1

fretfully; impatiently

1

the late; the deceased

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

to look stern

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

details; particulars

3

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

to be silent; to say nothing

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