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wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

11

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

90

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

247

Tokyo

7

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

438

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

130

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop

1

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

33

parts; accessories; components

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

195

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

father

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

model plane

1

teething ring; pacifier; dummy; blowjob

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

2

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

2

mother

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

55

The Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright)

1

great person; eminent figure

1

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

1

to read to (for) someone

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

6

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

26

-years-old

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

191

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

21

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

paper airplane (aeroplane)

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

1

overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

1

many; numerous

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

Kikuko

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

201

Japanese person; Japanese people

17

woman; female; feminine gender

8

pilot

20

first; new

3

foreign; abroad; overseas

11

aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight

10

success; hit

2

be; is

5