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to become better; to improve

2

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

2

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

4

reason; pretext; motive

6

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

7

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

3

network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

8

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

6

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

4

one house

1

to be of use as a reference; to be helpful

3

move with haste (when you have no doubts)

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

2

to return; to come back

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

3

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

8

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

2

example; exercise (for the reader)

2

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

store; shop

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

mechanical engineering

1

history

3

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

4

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

1

relation; connection; relevance

1

unexpected; surprising

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

2

bingo

1

memoirs; reminiscences

1

hills and fields; countryside

6

Jun'ichirō

2

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

43

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

price; cost

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

3

to be surprised; to be astonished

3

eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to buy; to purchase

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

emphasis-adding particle

3

scarce; rare

1

big treat; great offer

1