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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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Los Angeles

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New York

2

recently; lately; these days

1

(in) my own way

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

3

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

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illumination; lighting

2

sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

1

as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally

2

double suicide; lovers' suicide

3

personal; individual; private

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

3

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

9

to continue writing

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

8

respect and affection; love and respect

1

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

3

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

1

short (e.g. story, film)

17

genre; category; kind

5

the present time; current

1

the publishing world

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

2

(full-length) novel; long novel

5

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

1

grandiose; exaggerated

1

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

relation; connection

4

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

a minute and a half

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

5

criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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every day and every night

1