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essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

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thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard

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Shiga Naoya (1883.2.20-1971.10.21)

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to pick a fight

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human-like; quite human

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pet dog; keeping a dog

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talk; story; conversation

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money; currency; coinage

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both; (not) either

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extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart

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masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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persuasion

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to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

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crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

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gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely; thump-thump; bang-bang; sound of hoofbeats

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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censorship; inspection; examination

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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humorous

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attending (upon); keeping another company

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written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

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to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

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hopeless; irredeemable

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bashful person; very shy person

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tenderhearted; faint of heart

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account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

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ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

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setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)

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heroine

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Kazuko

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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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manly; brave; heroic

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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at least

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in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

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1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe

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fall; drop; descent; coming down

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