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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)

1

to love one another

1

moving; touching; stirring

2

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

2

to catch one's attention

3

tradition; legend; folklore

14

scramble; struggle

1

major incident; major happening; big scandal

2

survival; survivor; relic

1

-years-old

6

fluent (in a language); flowing

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television station

1

episode; anecdote; vignette

3

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

3

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

7

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

3

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

3

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

unreality; becoming disconnected from reality

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

3

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

2

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

3

although I say; although one might say; although called

5

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

3

high rating; good reputation

1

while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

1

Minister of Education

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

3

studio

1

low budget; low-budget

1

coincident with; while; simultaneously

13

novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

2

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

4

publication

4

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

6

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

14

reality; actuality; hard fact

8

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

10

Shuuji

2

pen-name

2

editing; compilation

6

business card

3

new employee; freshman employee; new hire

1

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

2

editor-in-chief

1

first of all; first thing

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