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yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

1

money

10

reading (books)

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empathy

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to overdo; to do too much

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to spare time (for)

2

opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

1

to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

4

talk; dialogue; conversation

3

managing editor; chief editor

2

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

2

author

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)

1

escort

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

5

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

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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

2

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

desperation; struggle to the death

1

as planned

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

3

arms; armament

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

1

internal; domestic

2

rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency

1

acknowledged; accepted; agreed

1

Narita

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instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles

1

the matter you have been talking about

2

most; much; greatly

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family

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after one's death

1

Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji

1

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

1

world peace; peace of the world

1

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

1

few days

1

flight; elopement

1

boyishness; inexperience

1

to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

1

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

irresolute; hesitant

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

tiredness; fatigue

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harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

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