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bogus (phantom) employee

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Youko

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Risa

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being available for free (broadcast) online

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things depend on how you look at them

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dime novel

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the publishing world

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essay

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ghost writer

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fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling

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Manami

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fairyland; never-never land

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room for growth; potential; promise

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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apologies for the crude food

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stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)

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based on; built on; made from

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member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities

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writing something on commission; newly written text

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literary world; literary circles

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to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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to publish a book; to put out a book

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small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

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wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

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first edition

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most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

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to finish writing

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style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

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the front (of a battlefield); forefront

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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(written) challenge

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to continue writing

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Rookie of the Year award

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rock

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talk; dialogue; conversation

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day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date

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expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions

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skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline

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plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)

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tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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Lisa; Lissa; Risa

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outline; summary; argument

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dry riverbed; river beach

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going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

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as if it were about oneself

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admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

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