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nomination

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original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

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paperback

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Edgar

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atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

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wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

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Yamamoto Shuugorou

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utopia

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division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

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short (e.g. story, film)

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mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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sea; ocean; waters

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homesickness; nostalgia

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the first and second; a few

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Alex

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association; society; organization; organisation

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library

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all-America; pan-American; all of America

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The Wall Street Journal

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big prize; first prize

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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first place

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Shuukanbunshun (weekly magazine)

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debut work; one's first work

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compilation; editing; recording

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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nine times; twisting around many times

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side

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harbour; harbor; port

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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publication; issue

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tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume

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(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine

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first step

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easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

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partial destruction

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building

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rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

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siren

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patrol car

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very easily

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starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

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