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17x11cm paperback books

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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

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redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

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Shiwasuda

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Jesus (Christ)

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I pray; I wish

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to take steps (measures)

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the original; original copy; script

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to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame

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already proved

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self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

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optimism

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coexistence

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only recently; just of late

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height; elevated place

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root; source; origin; cause

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grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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foreign; abroad; overseas

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official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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Korean peninsula

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counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

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preliminary arrangements; spade work

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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Shimantochō

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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Iwami Silver Mine (Shimane Prefecture)

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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essence; quintessence; flower; glory

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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evening

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

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conference; council; convention

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town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community

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opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

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trend; tendency; momentum

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minimum; lowest; minimal; least

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

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(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

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kitten; small cat

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absolute secrecy

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to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

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large number of deaths; massive fatalities

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cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

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correlation; interrelation; intertwining

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social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate

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