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mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

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Yokomizo Seishi

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unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

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ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

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clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt

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change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

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folding fan

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

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ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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the front; honest; upright; decent

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extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

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with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily

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oral; verbal; spoken; parol

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sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble

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to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack

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had better ...; had better not ...

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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rainy

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to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy

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intentional; on purpose

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declaration; statement

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ridiculous

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objective

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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reading; perusing

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viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

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to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

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part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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spoon; spoon lure

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puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

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borrowing

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to spend money

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rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect

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to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

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small; compact

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countless; incalculable

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silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

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means; is; as for

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forgetful

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

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to be at a loss for words

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carpenter

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family lineage

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