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big prize; first prize

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The Great Passage (2011 novel by Shion Miura, 2013 movie, 2016 animated TV series)

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(written) work; book; writings

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large number (of); many; majority

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appointment

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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diary; journal

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feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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indecent; indelicate

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spiral

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fainting in agony

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appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

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Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku

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essay

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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manor; villa

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paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

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Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile)

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Buddhahood; Nirvana

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windy; windswept; blowy

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novel; (short) story

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winning (a prize)

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prize; award

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convenient; handy; useful

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

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circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

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person

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hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

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(full-length) novel; long novel

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writing something on commission; newly written text

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

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Miura Shion (Shiwon)

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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individual; private person; personal; private

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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fiction

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

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

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publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

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library; book collection; paperback book

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virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

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ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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white paper

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executive committee

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anthology; collection of works

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

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Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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