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lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

3

member; the membership

1

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

1

riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue

2

to buy up

3

reef

1

Nara (city, prefecture)

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

to buy

1

setting a place; setting the table

1

as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

1

buying the services of a prostitute; whoring

1

extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity

1

dumbfounded; open-mouthed

1

plan; idea; design; plot

4

excellent; very good; exultant; elated

1

to speak eloquently; to talk volubly

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

next

1

advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets

1

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

1

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

5

large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

5

to look around; to survey

1

ancient times

1

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

2

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

6

Kyokutei Bakin

1

Nansou Satomi Hakkenden (Eight Dog Chronicles, novel 1842)

1

Nakazato Kaizan (1885-1944)

1

shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)

1

one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

1

Russia

4

to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)

3

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel

1

(very) short story or article; short short story; conté

1

famous; notorious; noted

1

unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled

1

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

1

loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice

1