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large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

3

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

feelings of rejection

2

fabrication; lie; fiction

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

2

as anyone can see

1

next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

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paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

1

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

2

beautiful woman; beauty; belle

1

young man who has a feminine aesthetic

3

smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

1

needless to say

1

female university student; female college student

2

prohibition; ban; embargo

1

female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)

2

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager

1

Yoshi (Nintendo character)

5

to go on reading

4

on the contrary

2

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

4

personal criticism; character sketch

1

same surname

2

same name; homonym

2

confusion; mixing; merger

1

to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles; to draw (identifiably)

1

baby; infant

11

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

Mamiko

1

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

2

skipping a grade

3

entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

1

Bandai

2

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

2

countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used

2

foreign country

2

failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

1

19; nineteen

3

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

3

duct

3

hearing many times

1

to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

1

I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

4

contrived; false-sounding

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

5

forum; form; shape

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

4

doll; puppet; figure

3

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

2