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ability to think

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

2

self; the ego

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

1

one's share; one's portion

1

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

2

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

6

one's own child; one's own children

1

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

1

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

4

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

1

not so

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parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children

3

monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

4

age; years

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

3

(one's) self; oneself

16

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

oneself; myself

12

woman who is obsessed with the education of her children

2

cause; origin

1

as (somebody) says

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

5

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

2

mother-in-law

3

father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

grandmother

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

5

acquaintance

2

Tokyo

2

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

2

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

3

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

2

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

1

settlement; solution; resolution

4

prior chapter

3

those (near the second person)

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

3

to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

4

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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