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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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beloved; dearest

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extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

3

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

6

sigh

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miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

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)

2

department (faculty) of literature

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graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis

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Vonnegut

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Ted Chiang

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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novel; (short) story

3

fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

1

to warm; to heat

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that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

2

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

2

to be exhausted; to be tired out

2

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

3

to drop one's shoulders

1

furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

shameless; shameless person

1

chair

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nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

3

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

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current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

3

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

2

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

2

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

1

living person; the living

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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intercom; interphone

2

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

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automatic lock; automatic door-locking system

1

rental apartment; block of rented apartments

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entrance

4

standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper

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family photo

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household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

2

taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it

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to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)

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(computer) console; single console for multiple diving gauges

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mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot

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surname; family name; last name

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