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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

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

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(fine) art; the arts

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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holiday; day off

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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since; this person

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Tsutaya

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Souichirō

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to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

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pigeon; dove

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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

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rainbow

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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summer and winter

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man of letters; writer

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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literary prize

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secret; private; surreptitious

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

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reaction; response; reaction

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amateur

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division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

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speech

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turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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(on) one's own; (by) oneself

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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support; stay; prop

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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never again

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fluke; chance; pure luck

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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member

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

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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big prize; first prize

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prize money; monetary award; reward

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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the very thing; itself

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