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afterword; postscript

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that; those; the

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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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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boy; juvenile; child

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

was; were

2

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

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dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

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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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to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

2

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

2

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

5

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

2

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

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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be; is

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

two; 2

3

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

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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Kei

2

Eden

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safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

1

publication; issue

2

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

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worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

1

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

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main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

2

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

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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this time; now

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

chief; main; principal; major

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

2

be; is

3

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

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

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