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afterword; postscript

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two; 2

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work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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to become; to be

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book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

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work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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thank you

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previous volume

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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that's so, however ...

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at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

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Kiyouto

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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200; two hundred

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fifty; 50

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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history

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

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Japanese-style confectionary store

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to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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husband and wife; married couple

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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to do

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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Japanese-style confectionary store

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Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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be; is

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Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion

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(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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geisha and maiko

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conversation; talk; chat

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portion; section; part

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number one; first; best; most; game; round

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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