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more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

4

verse; poetry

2

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

polite language (e.g. masu, desu)

2

measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

6

writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter

10

to weaken

3

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

4

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

3

ultimate; final; last; eventual

2

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

12

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

6

phrase; strawberry

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

4

close; clothes

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

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nature; property; disposition

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wherein; therein; thereinto

9

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

3

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

10

the text; the main clause; the main part of a document

8

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

5

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

12

nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)

9

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

2

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

6

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

9

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

3

subject

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

10

you could say; you might say; verging on the

3

end of a sentence

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

10

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

5

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

1

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

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