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concerning the Sound of a train Whistle in the Night

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⑤ 女【おんな】 • woman

⑤ 意味【いみ】 • meaning, significance

⑤ 質問【しつもん】 • question, inquiry, enquiry

⑤ 辛い【つらい】 • painful, bitter, heart-breaking

⑤ 置く【おく】 • ① to put, to place ② to leave (behind) ③ to do something in advance (usu. following te-form verb)

⑤ 薄い【うすい】 • ① thin ② pale, light ③ watery, dilute, sparse ④ weak (taste, etc.) ⑤ slim (probability, etc.), small

④ 空気【くうき】 • air, atmosphere

④ 少年【しょうねん】 • boys, juveniles

④ 経験【けいけん】 • experience

④ 程【ほど】 • ① degree, extent, bounds, limit ② indicates approx. amount or maximum, upper limit

④ 周り【まわり】 • ① circumference, perimeter, edge ② surroundings, locality, neighborhood ③ rotation, circulation

④ 汽車【きしゃ】 • train (steam)

④ きっと • surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely (e.g. 90 percent)

③ じっと • ① motionlessly ② fixedly (e.g. of staring) ③ patiently ④ firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

③ ずっと • ① continuously in some state (for a long time, distance), throughout, all along, the whole time, all the way ② much (better, etc.), by far, far and away ③ far away, long ago ④ direct, straight

③ 一体【いったい】 • ① ...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") ② one object, one body, unity ③ one form, one style ④ one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.) ⑤ generally, in general

③ 正確【せいかく】 • accurate, punctual, exact, authentic, veracious

③ 鉄【てつ】 • iron

③ 鉄道【てつどう】 • railroad

③ 物音【ものおと】 • sounds

③ 物語【ものがたり】 • tale, story, legend

③ 夜中【よなか】 • midnight, dead of night

③ 回り【まわり】 • ① circumference, perimeter, edge ② surroundings, locality, neighborhood ③ rotation, circulation

③ 覚める【さめる】 • ① to wake, to wake up ② to become sober, to sober up, to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia) ③ to come to one's senses, to be disillusioned

③ 詰める【つめる】 • ① to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up ② to shorten (length or distance), to move over, to make room (for someone) ③ to work out (details)

③ 恐らく【おそらく】 • perhaps, likely, probably, I dare say

③ 刻む【きざむ】 • to mince, to carve, to engrave, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to chisel, to notch

③ 時刻【じこく】 • instant, time, moment

③ 重要【じゅうよう】 • important, momentous, essential, principal, major

③ 心臓【しんぞう】 • heart

③ 針【はり】 • ① needle, pin, hook ② stinger, thorn ③ hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer ④ staple (for a stapler) ⑤ needlework, sewing ⑥ malice ⑦ counter for stitches

③ 想像【そうぞう】 • imagination, guess

③ 存在【そんざい】 • existence, being

③ 沈む【しずむ】 • to sink, to feel depressed

③ 突然【とつぜん】 • abrupt, sudden, unexpected, all at once

③ とにかく • anyhow, at any rate, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case

③ ふと • suddenly, casually, accidentally, incidentally, unexpectedly, unintentionally

② 語り【かたり】 • talking

② 線路【せんろ】 • line, track, roadbed

② 気圧【きあつ】 • atmospheric pressure

② 隔てる【へだてる】 • to be shut out, to separate, to isolate

② うなずく • to nod, to bow one's head in assent

① 澄ます【すます】 • to clear, to make clear, to be unruffled, to look unconcerned, to look demure, to look prim, to put on airs

① 動き【うごき】 • movement, activity, trend, development, change

① 微か【かすか】 • faint, dim, weak, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched

気づかれ【きづかれ】 • mental fatigue, worry, boredom

一人ぼっち【ひとりぼっち】 • aloneness, loneliness, solitude

海面【かいめん】 • sea level, (surface of) sea

当たり【あたり】 • hit, success, reaching the mark, per ..., vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood

放っておく【ほうっておく】 • to leave alone, to leave as is, to ignore, to neglect

浮かび上がる【うかびあがる】 • to rise to the surface

声を掛ける【こえをかける】 • to greet, to call out to someone

引き離す【ひきはなす】 • to pull apart, to separate

汽笛【きてき】 • steam whistle

張り裂ける【はりさける】 • to burst (open), to break, to split

びりびり • like an electric shock, ripping, rattling

暗闇【くらやみ】 • darkness, the dark

しばらく • ① little while, short while, moment, instant ② a while, quite a time ③ it's been a long time

はず • ① expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state, it should be so, bound to be, expected to be, must be ② nock (of a bow) ③ nock (of an arrow) ④ nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo)