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wandering

3

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

departure

1

world; society; people; the public

3

connection; link; relationship

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

prize; award

3

honor prize; honour prize

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

rebellious; defiant

1

political

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

to receive a prize

1

extra prize

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

2

reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

1

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field

1

literature; books (reference); document

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

publisher

1

editing; compilation

1

helper; assistant; help

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

2

blackboard

1

to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

1

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

1

your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)

1

hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty

1

company office building

1

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

1

to happen to be present

1

Hayafune Chiyo

1

Furuta Taruhi

1

chatting; idle talk

1

Kansai dialect

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

1

street; quarter; district; area

1

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

that sort of; like that

1

future years; in (one's) later years

1

once and for all; completely; spotlessly

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

proportion

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2