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television program; TV program

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to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after

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Emmy Award

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winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

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children's book

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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writing; authoring

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trilogy

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the whole world

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unprecedented; record-breaking

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bestseller

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movie; film; motion picture

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big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

3

making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen

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already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

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picture book

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translator

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Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)

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

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Kwansei Gakuin University

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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chief; main; principal; important

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translation

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication

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Media Factory

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Nalini Singh (author)

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leopard (Panthera pardus)

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angel

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divine tree or island east of China; Fusang; Japan; Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

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company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

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corset

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to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

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spinal cord

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trachea; windpipe

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vein

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artery; arterial road; major route

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damage; injury

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organ

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sore throat; pharyngitis; pharyngalgia; pharyngodynia

1

cough; coughing; tussis

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to thank

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

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to knock down; to knock out

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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rare

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to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

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application (of ointment, etc.); coating

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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