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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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commerce; trade; business

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to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

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this piece; this work

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap

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depiction; description; portrayal

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human kindness; human weakness

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story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

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unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box

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support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

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novelist; fiction writer

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)

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Nero

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profile

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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to continue to receive

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torture; pains (of hell)

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bathing (swimming) in cold water

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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roughly

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synchronization; synchronized swimming

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rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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wind-swept; exposed to the wind

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the Sun

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somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

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pip (spot on a die); small cube (esp. of food); die; dice

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(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy

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mummification

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gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly

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(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

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to relax; to make oneself comfortable

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how; in what way; circumstances

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good grief

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sadism

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to draw a sword

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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meaning; significance

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notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged

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more than anything; above all else

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barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

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food; foodstuff; prey; victim

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to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit

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