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

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

2

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

birth; creation; formation

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yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

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dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

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lake shore

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notice; attention; observation

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

one side

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to indicate; to show; to point to

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to become; to amount to

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casting; founding; minting

1

17; seventeen

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basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard

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old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946

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to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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to dream (of)

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petty; trifling

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gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)

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having in mind; happening to know of; idea

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question; query

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operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

1

(body) weight

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

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probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

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glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

1

interior; inside; internal

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with a clink (click, clack)

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creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

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metal

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

1

to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

1

to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

3

repair; mending

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)

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Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

1

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

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to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

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close to the ear

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meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

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