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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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large-scale

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issuer; publisher

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pebble

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appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

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Gunpei

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Koku Gakuin University

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student (esp. a university student)

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close associate; close aide; brains-truster

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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bookmark; guidebook

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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not included (in a compilation, album, etc.)

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number two; mistress; concubine

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every issue or number

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Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

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article; news story; report; account

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date

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quotation; citation; reference

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volume 1; first volume

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sincere; earnest; serious

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to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

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scholastic; academic

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collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

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relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital

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simplicity; plainness

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goodness; good

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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Kindaichi Kyousuke (1882.5.5-1971.11.14)

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beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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A5; medium octavo; small octavo

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page

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valence; valency

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

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end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

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influenza

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shogi; Japanese chess

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to kill; to defeat; to beat

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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postscript; undermentioned; described below

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

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