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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

5

Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

winter

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

library; book collection; paperback book

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

Nara (city, prefecture)

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Wakayama (city, prefecture)

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... and westward; west of

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Fukui (city, prefecture)

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... and eastward; east of

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coexistence

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area; region

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal

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mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

2

to prick with a needle

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

4

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

1

bee; wasp; hornet

1

abdomen

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

insect; bug

1

similar

4

don't you think?; indicates question

5

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

speaker; one who is skilled at speaking

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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Tokyo

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near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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myself; yourself; I; me; you

4

long time; long interval; for quite some time

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Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

3

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

2

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

1

friend; acquaintance

2

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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indicates question

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

2

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

2

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

to stray from; to get lost

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to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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