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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

thank you very much

3

as always; as ever; though it's always the case

1

book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book

3

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

book review

1

person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

1

in high spirits

2

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

1

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

1

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

title

2

borrowing

1

touch; being involved in

2

private railway

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

2

eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)

1

to rip off a coupon; to punch a ticket

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

self-admonition

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

1

thank you very much

1

the first and second; a few

2

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

Miura Shion (Shiwon)

2

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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(full-length) novel; long novel

1

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

person

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

prize; award

1

winning (a prize)

2

The Great Passage (2011 novel by Shion Miura, 2013 movie, 2016 animated TV series)

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

2

big prize; first prize

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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literature

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fainting in agony

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spiral

1

indecent; indelicate

1