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universe; cosmos; space

1

battleship

1

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

1

to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

40

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

6

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

9

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

8

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

2

that day; the very same day

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

4

opinion; view; comment

10

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

4

the other day; a few days ago

5

the modern era; present day

1

Souseki

1

persecution complex; paranoia

1

Ougai

1

actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living

3

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

4

abandonment; desertion

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

riverbank

2

lolicon; sexual attraction to young girls; person attracted to young girls

2

military affairs

1

cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

(fine) art; the arts

41

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

5

to translate; to interpret

3

Scott; Scot

3

Fitzgerald

7

alcoholism

1

Salinger

1

truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school

1

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

4

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

Truman Capote

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drug dependence

1

illness

1

Germany

3

much the same

1

modern society

3

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

3

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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