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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

2

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

3

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

2

at that time; in those days

1

(corrugated) cardboard

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

4

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

6

comfortable to live in

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

3

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

comfort (in living place)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

3

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

3

model; dummy; maquette

1

to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

1

having said that; on the other hand

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

1

evidence; proof

1

Kazama

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

spacious; vast; wide

4

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

6

right angle; perpendicular

1

though; even if; whether ... or ...

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

konoshiro gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

1

Niigata (city, prefecture)

1

great adventure

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

3

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

1

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

to wave one's hand

1

to relapse; to reassert; to review

1

to touch each other

1

coming and going; commuting

1

adventurer

2

surely; certainly; without doubt

1