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to return; to come back

2

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

1

to choose; to select

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

2

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

18

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

38

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

3

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

15

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

12

alcohol; sake

2

at once; immediately; right now

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

10

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

6

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

37

mother; wife

6

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

36

in that way; thus; so; so?

16

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

29

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

7

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

84

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

8

prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder

5

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

please

7

Terayama

7

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

2

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

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.

84

to close; to shut

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

3

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

15

Ishikawa (prefecture)

3

tall tree

2

island in a pond or river

15

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

4

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

10

vice; immorality; corruption

1

police officer; policeman; constable

5

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

1

newspaper

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

3

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

8

how; in what way; how about

5

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

15

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

scandal; deplorable event

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1