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request

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beside; nearby

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

desire; appetite; lust

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

1

cheer; shout of joy

1

fireworks

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15th day of the 8th lunar month

1

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon

1

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

2

roguish; impish

1

powder snow; powdery snow

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

thank you

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be; is

2

thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

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

3

afterword; postscript

6

page

3

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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because; as; since

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

poor piece of writing; my poor writing

3

to scribble (write quickly); to dash off

2

original story; original version; this volume

1

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

1

household economy; family finances

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

irresolute; hesitant

1

going on about oneself; talking about oneself

1

to make a list; to enumerate

2

since one was born; (in) all one's life

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

reader

3

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

1

end; close; termination

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

1

dear friends; (all of) you or those men

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

irresponsibility

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to write and throw away; to write carelessly; to begin writing then stop part-way through

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