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Gold Coast

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Ghana

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infection; contagion; becoming infected

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medical student

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debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

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hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice

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suspension of publication

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lenient; gentle

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top-class

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rational

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plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)

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pure literature; belles-lettres

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Rookie of the Year award

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to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

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is it not so?

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Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

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spider's thread; spider silk

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good-for-nothing son; profligate son

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immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

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taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

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forest; shrine grove

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

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outline; summary; argument

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first issue

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inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

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joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company

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(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

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failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

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poison suicide; suicide by poisoning

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A Collection of Tales from Uji

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kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)

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anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

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mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

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crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

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message of condolence; memorial address

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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Bungeishunju (publishing company and magazine)

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Naoki prize (literary award)

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

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love and hate

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beyond; across; the other side; the distance

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turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

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inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony

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original work

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Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

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