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Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)

4

to speak; to object

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you; dear; honey

5

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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my manuscript

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open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

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strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

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strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

2

older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)

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poor work; humble reference to one's own work

1

same village; same town; same province

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same surname

2

student (esp. a university student)

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

nickname

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nickname

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trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

2

my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences

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angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

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contribution (e.g. to newspaper)

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objection; shortcomings

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Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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to be found; to be discovered

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

title; name; degree

1

rare

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I; me

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old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

3

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

3

chopsticks

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svāhā; well said; so be it

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

3

absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

1

from the beginning

1

person who makes someone else appear better; foil

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antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

2

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

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hero; warrior of matchless valor; heroic character

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

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