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three parts; three copies

3

northern hill

29

Haruki

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

3

ID card; identification card

2

plunging to one's death; death from a fall

2

shock; impact; crash

1

wristwatch; watch

2

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

3

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

things at hand; personal belongings

2

fibre; fiber; textile

5

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

8

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

4

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

3

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

3

awareness; realization

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

7

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

3

period; Nihon-shoki

3

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

10

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

1

smoking

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

2

smoking room; smoking compartment

2

sales department

9

smoker

1

emergency staircase; emergency stairs

5

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

3

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

2

brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

4

that is to say; so that means

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

1

alert status; emergency alert

1

one hand

1

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

to smoke a cigarette

2

wariness

3

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

acquaintance

1

alcohol; sake

1

manufacture; production

3

manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things

1

glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial

2