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allegory; fable; parable

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to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

2

still; even now; to this day

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discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

feel; touch

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

2

electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information

1

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

1

mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

1

easy to make; easy to do

1

to rule; to govern; to administer

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reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

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years later

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secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

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bookshop; bookstore

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

3

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

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to continue to rain or snow

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to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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carpet; rug; runner

4

small talk; chat; gossip

2

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

3

stalking

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minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle

1

water current

4

revolver

3

machine gun

3

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

1

machine gun

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

indeed; really; truly; very much

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direct

2

shorthand; stenography

1

first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

1

win; victory

3

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

pure

2

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

4

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

2

unanticipated; unexpected

2

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

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monster

2

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

7

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

4

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

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