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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

3

contract; compact; agreement

1

separation; farewell; parting

1

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

2

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

2

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

4

children

4

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

3

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

1

murder case

3

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

4

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

3

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

3

newspaper

2

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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mother

10

to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into

2

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

4

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

morning sun

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

sunlight; rays of the Sun

2

handrail; railing; banister

1

return; coming back

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

2

overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

5

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

several seconds

2

mother

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

4

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

5

school

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daughter

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

that sort of; like that

1

one part; one portion; one section

2

one year; some time ago

3

to pass (of time); to elapse

4

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

years later

1

to be worn down; to be reduced

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

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