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novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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commerce; trade; business

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

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reader

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to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

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writing (e.g. as a profession)

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upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

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to write a novel

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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reading (books)

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Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)

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profile

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect

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conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

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addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

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to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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manyfold

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orthodox school

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even if not; even without

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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serious; not joking; straight

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

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oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm

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monolith; large slab of rock

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warning; advice

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My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

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(political) power; authority; influence

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nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

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to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

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putting off; postponing

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to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

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girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

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numerous; many

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main body (of an army); main force; these troops

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

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of no concern at all; no skin off my nose

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exception; exclusion

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drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

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