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older brother and younger sister

4

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

49

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

2

childhood

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

6

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

5

equality; impartiality; evenness

2

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

confections; sweets; candy; cake

1

amount; quantity

1

fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

1

little by little

2

various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

25

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

6

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

2

after

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

summer

3

that day; the very same day

8

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

5

close; intimate; on good terms

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

3

pup; puppy; whelp

1

to move around

1

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

1

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

2

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

2

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

9

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

2

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

11

to stop midway; to interrupt

1

(on the) verge of death

1

serious wound; serious injury

1

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

5

skull; cranium

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

4

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

3

Okayama (city, prefecture)

2

dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

10

living expenses

3

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

10

relative; relation; kin

2

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

1