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anthology; collection of works

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on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

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Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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morning sun

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fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

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prize; award

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

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months and years

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time; years

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cost; expense

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intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

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to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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small chrysanthemum; small, low-grade piece of Japanese paper (used as a kettle rest, tissue, etc.); (arch.) piece of paper given as a tip in a red-light district (that can later be exchanged for money)

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repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

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to stand all around (e.g. bamboo, pines, pampas grass)

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literary (and the arts) column

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contemplation; meditation

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economic world; financial circles; business community

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munitions; military stores

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inflation

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confusion

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to write from top to bottom; to write out (at a stretch); to write without a pause; to rewrite classical Chinese in Japanese word order

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health; healthy; sound; fit

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

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medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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censorship; inspection; examination

2

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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inflation

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slaughter; massacre

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calm; composed; cool; quiet

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empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

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manipulation; puppet

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doll; puppet; figure

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Toyoda Masako

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(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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midnight

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small island; islet

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

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thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

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small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

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to come to (a serious state); to reach

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earnest; single-minded

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the reason is ...; it is because ...

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