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afterword; postscript

2

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

18

to say; to be called; to do

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my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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Internet site

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

4

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

5

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

why; how; for what reason

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

4

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

1

annual leave; annual paid vacation; annual paid holiday

3

be; is

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

I; me

3

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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the preceding year; the previous year; last year

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annual (paid) leave; annual paid vacation; annual paid holiday

1

obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase

2

number of days

2

indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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two o'clock

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

results; record; grades; marks

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was

5

(period of) one year

1

nothing but; except; no more than

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

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