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to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

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bright red; bright

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since then; from that time; ever since

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institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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killing; murder

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to set fire (to)

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news

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to obtain evidence

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

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one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

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writing something on commission; newly written text

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cooperation; collaboration

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supreme wisdom

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binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)

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Bay Bridge

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studio

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Hisazumi

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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

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Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)

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

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Taurus (constellation); the Bull

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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kyudo; Japanese archery

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

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Waseda University

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department (faculty) of literature

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after graduation

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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novelist; fiction writer

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop

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series

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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

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bluebird of happiness

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library; book collection; paperback book

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seventh day of the month; seven days

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The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)

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taiga; boreal forest

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painter; artist

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belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

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illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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multi-; multi-post; multilevel marketing system; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching

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