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posterity; future life; life to come

5

dilettante; person of fantastic taste

1

plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation

4

apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article

1

bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

2

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

18

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

11

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

8

history; career

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

13

high; high school

4

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

keeping house; being confined to one's house

2

blindness

14

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

8

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

6

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

1

six; 6

10

one day; (on) a certain day

5

inlet; bay

6

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

12

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

3

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

5

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

5

point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals

1

summary

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

61

journal; magazine; periodical

1

Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

you

9

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

1

deep impression

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

18

that; those; the

32

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

3

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.)

3

woman; female; feminine gender

1

pathetic; plaintive

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

3

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

1

of course; certainly; naturally

5

though; much as

7

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

8

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

4