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No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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personal affair; one's own affair

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to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

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quietly; soundlessly

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passing through without stopping; passing by

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black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

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epic film; big-budget movie

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vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant

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change; conversion; transformation; transformation

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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ego; egoism; egoist

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moon over a mountain

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account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

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pride

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fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

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definite; final; decisive; conclusive

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slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating

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to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

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true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

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frail; slender; feminine

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to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

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soul; spirit

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to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

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divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

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intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

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to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

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to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

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stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

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paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

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path; lane

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zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

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smallish; on the small side

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(Shinto) shrine

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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traces; evidence

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to shine

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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front shrine; hall of worship

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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