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heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

2

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

2

bookshop; bookstore

1

wooden; made of wood

1

bookshelf

1

spine (of book); binding (of book)

1

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

displaying books face-outwards

1

collection of books; (personal) library

2

color tone; colour tone

1

video recording; video media

1

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

Lamia (Greece)

1

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

high-level

1

end-of-year

1

Kokusaitenjijou

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

1

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

in the course of one's duties

1

concealment

1

propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work

2

Burnes; Burns; Byrnes; Bahns

6

one act (play, etc.); scene; event

1

example; an instance

2

to have a child

1

hard to imagine

1

safety measure; safety precaution

1

to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

1

sense organ

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

historic; historical

1

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

birth; creation; formation

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

observer

1

cause unknown

3

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

continuity

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

Russell's teapot

2

to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)

1

just because; even if; even though

1

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1