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afterword; postscript

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

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

7

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

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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

5

outward appearance; looks

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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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

... years old; age (of) ...

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Her Majesty the Queen

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

5

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

retainer; attendant; escort

1

if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

3

together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

1

travel; trip; journey

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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feudal lord

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

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be; is

2

historical play; period drama

2

fantasy

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

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to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

4

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

4

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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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

3

editor-in-chief

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

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to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

1

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

1

rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck

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general; shogun

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

2

cheating

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

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activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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