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excessive; exorbitant

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ginkgo nut; gingko nut

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lady; nobleman's wife

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sandbank; sandbar

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke

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grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)

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Kanbee

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inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

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professional

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so-and-so; who?; which people?

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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

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region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

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the Japanese Alps

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area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

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stage

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manuscript; version; draft

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date and time

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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that year; same year; same age

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sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days

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beginning writing (a draft); drafting

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

2

this (current) year

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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amount; quantity

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opening a book; opening (part) of a book

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10,000; ten thousand

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page

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5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many

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(full-length) novel; long novel

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reader

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energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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entire world; whole world; world stage

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unprecedented; record-breaking

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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domestic affairs; internal administration

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fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

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