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to leave behind

1

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

6

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

4

taste; flavor; flavour

2

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

1

for some (unspecified) reason

2

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

1

lyricism; description of one's feelings

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

1

novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

1

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)

1

popular writer

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advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

2

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

4

interference; intervention; meddling

1

parental love or affection

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

2

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

1

detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright

1

to wash away

1

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

1

to add to; to insert

1

patchwork

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character data

1

memoirs; reminiscence

4

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

1

memoirs

3

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

5

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst

1

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

1

depression; recession; slump

1

right in the midst of; right at the height of

1

bubble economy (of Japan, 1986-1991)

2

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

1

lost twenty years; period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

1

multiplication table; times table

1

good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity

1

generation; the world; the age

1

general manager; director-general

1

(an) only child

2

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

2

to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

2