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you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

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Hiroyasu

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Risa

5

books returned unsold; books returned to the library

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ghost writer

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Manami

4

great writer; major writer

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second edition; additional printing

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800,000; eight hundred thousand

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dominant; ruling

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to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

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(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

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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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number of copies; circulation

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signing; autograph session

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to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized

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nervous

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first edition

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to finish writing

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tone; beep

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

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very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular

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to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

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answering machine; answer phone

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big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

2

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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as many (people) as possible

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

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to come to light

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cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)

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

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Lisa; Lissa; Risa

15

dry riverbed; river beach

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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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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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ghost

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5,000,000; five million

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to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

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to call again; to call someone back

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seven

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NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)

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high-handed; oppressive

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Champagne

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to make contact

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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assistant

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article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

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starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

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as soon as possible

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