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early (days); initial stage; initial

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client; sender

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art critic

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the late; the deceased

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Christian

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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

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publish; start (new) publication

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

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lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

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in succession; one after another

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unpublished; not yet announced

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concealment

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novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

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blind person

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basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

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one's twenties

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first half

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flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

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100,000; hundred thousand

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to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

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behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

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contact; contact lens

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because

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the late; the deceased

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

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all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

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largest class; top category

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to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

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to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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la Belle Époque

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exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

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to be found; to be discovered

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public; official

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

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location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

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specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

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advanced age; old age

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the world of the arts

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the reverse; other side; lining

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plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

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