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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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three years

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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continuation; sequel

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series

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clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

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to talk big; to be bombastic

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conclusion; completion

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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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sad; melancholy

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality

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reader

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

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individual; private person; personal; private

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Kindle (Amazon's e-book reader); Kinder

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groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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publication

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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a few years ago; some years back

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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novel; (short) story

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electron; electronic

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publish; start (new) publication

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wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose

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site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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Miyako

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illustrator

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thank you

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highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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future (usually near); prospects

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owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

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makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

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youngest brother; last disciple

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be that as it may; even so; though that be so

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half share; half a man

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one's son; you little bastard; you little brat

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of tender years; very young

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to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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world; society

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book (usu. old); publication; document

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to shut in; to confine; to contain

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