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spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

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to flutter down

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

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birthday

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with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished

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to run around; to bustle about

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here and there; everywhere

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works cited; references

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the spiritual world

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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

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Asano

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

4

large encyclopedia

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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Konta Fumihiro

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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plain; open field

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Takahisa

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money; metal

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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Shiiba

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spacious; vast; wide

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bookshop; bookstore

2

Katsumi

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Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)

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nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care

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church; congregation

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

1

research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

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(navigable) canal; waterway

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book review

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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main text; original text; this book; this volume

3

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

the sound of waves

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dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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one's impressions after reading a book

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to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

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at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

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