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junior

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furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation

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kanji; Chinese character

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publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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librarian

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juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

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book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books

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text; script; this book

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first appearance

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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character design

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illustration (e.g. book); picture

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children's book

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light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

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winning (a prize)

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gold (first-place) prize

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big prize; first prize

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electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

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Shiina

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being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

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turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version

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television; TV

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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media franchising; media mix (advertising strategy); mixed media

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

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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this piece; this work

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novelist; fiction writer

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site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

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contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

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opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

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novel; (short) story

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Internet

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side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

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housewife

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counter for nights

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august; beautiful

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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mixed; mingled

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to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

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conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

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leader of a charge; first to arrive

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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