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suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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Ishizuka Tomoji

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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postcard; memo; note; card

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place of dispatch; place of origin

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Fukushima (city, prefecture)

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)

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Kamakura (city)

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library; book collection; paperback book

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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to become luminous at dawn (esp. the sky)

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light; lamplight

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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night train

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light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

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darkness

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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embroidery; sewing

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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the very thing; itself

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

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mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)

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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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successively; one after another

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Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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unfortunately

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somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

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scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

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outside world; physical world

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

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definition

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Asian people; Orientals

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cosmopolitan; world citizen

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defeated country

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

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