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Waseda University

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first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

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kyudo; Japanese archery

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type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)

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Taurus (constellation); the Bull

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Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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writing something on commission; newly written text

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop

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to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

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to drop; to lose; to let fall

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sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

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breathily (while talking)

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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thirty; 30

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whenever you want; any time you like

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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(brand-)new article

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sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

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pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

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electricity; (electric) light

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observation; survey; watching

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to snore

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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anything and everything; just about everything

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up

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to lie down (and rest)

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to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

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to lay out a futon; to make a bed

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to throb; to beat fast

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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time and time again; many times; a number of times

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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novel; (short) story

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day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

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is it?; isn't it?

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preface; introduction; preamble

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

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