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Azaria

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launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue

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fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

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hope; wish; aspiration

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(one's) life

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most; extremely

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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deep impression

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

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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part; part-timer; part-time (work)

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consists of; comprises; is made up of

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pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement

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certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

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manuscript; version; draft

18

years later

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

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recitation; reciting from memory

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stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

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mountain ridge

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the end (of); powder

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anything and everything; just about everything

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the whole sky

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station

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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outline; summary; argument

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)

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light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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shy; bashful; timid; reserved

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(a) few; some; several

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

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general; popular; common; typical

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

8

younger; junior

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always; constantly

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head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

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honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil

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pride; boast

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older brother; elder brother

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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Tokyo

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entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

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18; eighteen

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Lotus Sutra

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Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

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