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recollection; reminiscence

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walk; stroll

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novelist; fiction writer

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yearning; longing for; deep affection

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Shanghai (China)

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Beijing (China); Peking

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encumbrance; burden; drag

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

4

minutes (period of)

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Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

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speck; fleck

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traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky

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flea

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eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

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mountainous country

2

serial; serialized novel; serialised novel

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New Year's Day

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

3

moment; instant

2

tomorrow; near future

3

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

1

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

1

subject; theme

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to continue to do; to persist in doing

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

3

splish-splash; with a splash

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pasture land; ranch

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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harmonious atmosphere

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Saiki

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Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

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hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area

2

as (one) walks on, and on

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indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

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alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

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navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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how many hours?

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driver's seat

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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)

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branch office

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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return; coming back

2

new moon; crescent moon

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plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

1