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text; script; this book

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine

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publication; issue

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gun; rifle; small arms

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

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Rookie of the Year award

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winning (a prize)

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

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shading; shielding from light

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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Ooe Kenzaburou (1935-)

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prize; award

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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each nation; many nations; many countries

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translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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The Wall Street Journal

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the first and second; a few

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best; vest

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(written) work; book; writings

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note; memorandum

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anything and everything; just about everything

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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end of the world

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon

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delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

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forest; shrine grove

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first appearance

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company

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ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book

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May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

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printing; impression; issue

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original text; source book; draft

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date of issue or publication

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

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clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

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Seiichi

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room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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