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man of letters; writer

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Tsutaya

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Yanase

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Souichirō

1

Natsuo

3

Kiriya

5

grounds (of tea and coffee)

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in heaps

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terminal cancer

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Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

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summer and winter

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mu

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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Fujii

2

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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(private) investigation company; research agency

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literary prize

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

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liquefaction; liquefy

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festival (esp. music, film, etc.)

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during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break

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change of post

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already; time flies

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personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)

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profoundly memorable

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ginger (Zingiber officinale)

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reedy field

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classbook; yearbook; graduation album

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vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation

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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

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to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)

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instead; but (on the other hand)

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(a) step forward

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short (e.g. story, film)

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living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

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stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit

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age difference; age gap

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive

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big prize; first prize

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pigeon; dove

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boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

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going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

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holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

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literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)

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mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

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ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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