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layers of history

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foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person

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Hashiura

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Yasuo

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monthly

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chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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sunrise; half-melon shaped bun

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door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician

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South Korea and Japan; Korean-Japanese

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Toshijirou

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periodic reviewing

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Hosei University

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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Tomohiko

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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Kensou

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Chuukoubunko (publisher)

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Miyasaka Shizuo

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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

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royal authority; regal power; authority of the king

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

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reedy field

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special event

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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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administration; governance; the authorities; authority

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collation editing; proofreading and annotation

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empire; imperial

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colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

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facsimile edition; reprint

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diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)

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Monday

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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house; building; roof

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Yoneyama Toshinao

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Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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Wakamori Tarou (1915.6.13-1977.4.7)

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Shibun

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

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improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up

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revision (of text); alteration; change

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publish in paperback

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be; is

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