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twenty-five

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day after day; every day

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

such; this sort of; like this

10

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

7

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

1

Thursday

2

Christmas Eve

2

in the morning; during the morning

1

to finish; to graduate

6

return to office

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

5

this evening; tonight

1

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

4

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

3

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

4

last train (of the day)

1

pedestrian traffic

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

door; gate; opening; title page

7

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

6

Jingle Bells

1

gold braid (e.g. on a military officer's uniform)

1

return; welcome home

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

5

to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)

4

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

6

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

white

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

3

blouse

4

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

10

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

1

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

2

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

1

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

1

skirt

2

hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

easily; without effort

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