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welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

2

employment agency

1

friend

3

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

deposit; earnest payment; earnest money

1

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

1

Cala (South Africa); Ka-ra; Karla

1

baroness

1

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

1

bride

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same age

1

engagement; betrothal

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

1

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

1

source of worry; source of distress

1

age 10

1

around ...; or so

1

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

4

to order; to command; to appoint

1

sulky look; sullen look

1

grandchild

1

to make an appearance

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

5

logic; logical

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age

1

to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

point in question (at issue)

1

to say; to be called; to do

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

adjoining each other

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

1

only son

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

1

harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

1

guardian; protector; patron; parent

2

to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

1

relation; connection; relevance

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

reward; prize

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly

1

standard of living

1

marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

1