I decided to break off the engagement because my fiancé's family seemed to be on the verge of financial ruin.

I decided to break off the engagement because my fiancé's family seemed to be on the verge of financial ruin.

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I cannot say whether it can be called love—a faint romantic feeling born between the prince and the duke's daughter. It was exploited by the country's circumstances, leading to their engagement. A foolish strategy born from the prince's impatience to achieve merit, combined with his aide's collaboration, amplified by the misfortune of successive crop failures, created a synergistic effect. This plunged the duke's territory into crisis. The prince coldly rejected the plea for help from the duke's daughter. And so, what became of that ending...

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Words 3,682
Sentences 250
Characters 6,752
Unique Words 1,171
1-Occurrence Words
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Unique Kanji 709
1-Occurrence Kanji
298
Avg Word Difficulty 2.17
Avg Sentence Length 14.7

Word List (1,171 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
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保留14.17
心外14.31
その筈14.29
留まる13.61
一員13.93
願い出る14.64
急遽14.20
誰の目にも14.63
無駄13.03
より12.31
施し13.91
手順13.94
回す13.47
変化12.90
12.82
他者13.68
独立宣言16.05
昨年14.17
燃料14.07
食糧難15.28
その頃13.75
余裕12.89
嘘も方便15.79
かしら12.79
十分12.75
国王13.02
本性14.20
学び14.20
話し合い13.49
そんなこんな14.09
裏腹13.95
時代13.09
14.16
確かに12.39
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回目14.16
僧尼12.52
騒々しい14.48
13.53
13.06
市内12.23
好き12.59
何故なら13.52
どの13.16
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気の毒14.08
いずれは14.02
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分量14.48
きっと12.65
残念ながら13.45
運び込む14.06
何か12.12
生きた13.84
奨励15.11
以外12.55
平年並み16.51
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財政14.48
どうさ14.34
人手13.98
後に12.87
後を絶たない14.98
愛し13.36
所業14.10
必至14.38
死者13.65
いや12.14
笑う12.45
馬車12.74
何となく13.07
12.92
貯え15.47
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言わずもがな14.34
持ち込む13.57
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翻って14.90
兵力13.70
可能性が高い13.61
体裁14.37
サービス13.92
今更13.31
破滅13.92
備蓄14.28
強力13.21
私兵14.17
好転14.56
大店14.92
によって12.54
存続14.28
様に11.76
巨万の富15.42
誘致15.12
認める13.18
農業生産15.68
合格13.85
やり取り13.21
その事13.14

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