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farcical; comical

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this person

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loud laughter

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

6

inferiority

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

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Tsumura

4

Yamagishi Gaishi

3

launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue

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number one

4

ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

3

stirred up; inspired; moved to action

2

rise; ascendency; aroused energy; high-spirited action

2

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

4

how (dare you)

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

Haga Mayumi

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civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

3

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

2

literary criticism

1

especially; particularly

2

crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion

3

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

2

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps

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genius; prodigy; natural gift

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(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels

1

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

school uniform

2

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

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Fukuda Tsuneari (1912-1994) (critic and translator of Shakespeare into Japanese)

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to graduate from a university

2

one's homeland; one's old home

1

remittance; sending money

5

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

Kawakami Tetsutarou

2

the literary world; literary circles

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painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

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Bungei Shunju (publisher); Bungei Shunju (magazine)

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advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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