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north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

2

marshland; wetland; swampland

1

south

5

dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)

1

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

1

without permission; without notice

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

1

channel

2

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

3

insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance

1

edge (brow) of mountain

1

photographer

1

vocational school; technical school

1

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

humanities and sciences; reason; logic; line of thought (in a piece of writing); thread (of meaning)

1

humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

2

Japanese history; history of Japan

2

to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

1

ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

1

commercial value; commodity value; marketability

2

strategic vision; strategic acumen

2

production; manufacture

2

making efficient; optimization

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

trouble; bother

1

old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

2

afforestation

1

first appearance

2

wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature

6

The Sneaker

1

shadow figure; silhouette

1

change of title; retitling; changed title

1

original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

1

faintly; dimly; slightly; barely

2

Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)

2

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

5

educational institution; school; academy; campus

2

big prize; first prize

2

encouragement award; honorable mention (award); honourable mention

2

writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings

2

Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)

1

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

3

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

spring term (e.g. school); spring period

2

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen

5

tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans

2

Tokyo Sogensha Co., Ltd.

1

bottleneck

2