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book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book

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Contrail (company)

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book; publication

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relation; connection; relevance

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commencing with; including

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Double Cross (role-playing game)

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illustrator

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library; book collection; paperback book

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hero

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Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)

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(written) work; book; writings

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residing; living; dwelling

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Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)

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hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)

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same mother

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only; merely; but; no more than

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to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

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to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense

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(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

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flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers

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to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

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sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding

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relative; relation

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arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo

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power map; power structure; power relationships

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imperial court

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main question; real issue at hand

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death of important person (e.g. prince, princess, cabinet minister)

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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incompetent (person)

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to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

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to vent one's anger

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stagnation; hindrance; delay

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absence; disregard; indifference

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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for fun; half in jest

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

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to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

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like this; in this way; as you see

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to pinch; to nip

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beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

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to accept; to receive; to agree

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to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

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cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

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trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

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utility value

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