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debut work; one's first work

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winning (a prize)

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big prize; first prize

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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this piece; this work

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song; singing

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evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

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most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

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producer; director

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer

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snail

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speed of sound

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troupe; theatrical company

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

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

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Osaka prefecture

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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Toshikazu

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mouth of river; estuary

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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fiction

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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to be born; to come into this world

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this world; this life; world of the living

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welcome home

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to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

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relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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love; affection

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from the beginning; from scratch

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restoration; repair; mending

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to prohibit

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to sob; to be choked with tears

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to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

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to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

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to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

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to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

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