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exactly opposite (of)

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fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

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message

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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text; script; this book

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multiplication table; times table

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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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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library; book collection; paperback book

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publication; issue

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revision (of text); alteration; change

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historical background

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to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

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original text

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respect; esteem; regard

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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city

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

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Waseda University

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department (faculty) of literature

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

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storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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literary prize

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Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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to love

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numerical formula

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Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

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big prize; first prize

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that year; same year; same age

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Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism)

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prize; award

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Meena; Mena

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march; parade

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Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)

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recommendation

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Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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English version; English translation

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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booker

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international; diplomatic intercourse

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candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

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small box; casket

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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