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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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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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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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homesickness; nostalgia

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the first and second; a few

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prize; award

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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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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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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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the same; the said; likewise

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winning (a prize)

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Rookie of the Year award

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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novel; (short) story

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nine times; twisting around many times

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clergyman; churchman; clergy

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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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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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Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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corporate name

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

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florist; flower shop

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merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition

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and; thereupon; because of that

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demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

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