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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

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to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

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thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

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ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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restoration; repair; mending

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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origin; beginning; source; rise

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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still; even now; to this day

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completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

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veil

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

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recent years

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unconditionally; as a rule

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Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

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thousands; several thousand

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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scroll

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

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appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

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exaggeration; hyperbole

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tendency; trend; inclination

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incompletion; incomplete; unfinished

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really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

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few days

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etc.; et cetera; and so on

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valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

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neurology

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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guess; conjecture

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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superior child

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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mystery; wonder

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the modern era; present day

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