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weak; delicate; sickly

2

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt

3

military affairs

1

coup d'état; coup

1

pupil in ... year; student in ... year

1

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

1

process; course; mechanism

1

subject of research

1

action of making something; -ification

2

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

5

one's twenties

3

autobiography

1

depiction; description; portrayal

1

snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape

1

masque; mask

1

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

1

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

2

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

1

echo; reverberation

1

second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade

3

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

3

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)

1

island mountain

1

pen-name

2

outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural

1

literary magazine

1

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

14

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

public; official

1

maiden work; debut work

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

11

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

Japanese literature

3

recommendation; referral; endorsement

4

dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

2

short (e.g. story, film)

4

the preceding year; the previous year; last year

2

debut novel

1

publication; issue

11

imitation of classical styles

1

aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things

1

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

anthology; collection of works

11

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1