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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

2

traditional art; traditional performance art

1

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

limits; end; bounds

1

desire; appetite; lust

2

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1

monogamy

1

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

1

vested interests

1

popular; common

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

what sort; what kind

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

1

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

journal; magazine; periodical

1

English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

to translate; to interpret

1

new book; 17x11 cm paperback book

1

included (in a publication); carried; printed

2

foundation; basis

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

1

heartfelt

1

thanks; gratitude

1

Tanaka Yuuko

2

paperback edition

1

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

1

joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work

3

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2

firm refusal

1

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

1

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

famous; notorious; noted

1

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

1

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

1

diverse; varied

1

cultural history

1

tremendous; immense

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