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bookshop; bookstore

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East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

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-years-old

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compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

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stone statue

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illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

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gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture

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one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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counter for books; volume

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punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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line

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preface; foreword; preamble

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recording; transcription

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one year and a half

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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to continue writing

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however; but

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that sort of; like that

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synopsis; outline; plot

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unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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for some years

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seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition

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to be worried; to be troubled

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acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat

5

carelessness; negligence; oversight

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(historical) investigation

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former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

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loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

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reputation

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above; more than

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guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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that well-known ...

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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beforehand; in advance; previously

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abatis

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courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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