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author; writer; novelist; artist

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literature

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extreme north; North Pole

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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Mallarme

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essay on poetry; theory of poetry

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

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mankind; humanity

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

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to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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symbolism (19th-century artistic movement)

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standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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(fine) art; the arts

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(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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politics; government

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dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

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one of these days; someday; one day

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poet

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mere; only; just; slight

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mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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error; mistake; slip; bug

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called

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olden-day; hidden in the past

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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rough sea; stormy sea

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Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

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Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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man of letters; literary man

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to possess; to haunt

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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to be the case that

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chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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