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dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine

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to bring back; to restore

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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participant; entrant

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to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

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arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

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catalog; catalogue

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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discovery; detection; finding

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cancellation; abandonment

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

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500; five hundred; many

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yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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companion; company; tritagonist

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refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

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to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

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manyfold

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growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

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in good health; alive and well; going strong

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(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

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more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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Japan

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rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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mistake; error; blunder

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bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

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showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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slump

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to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

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personal history; career

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fat; tallow; lard; grease

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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world; society; people; the public

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to hate; to dislike; to loathe

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casting

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend

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