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to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

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poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

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next; then; after that

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Lewis Carroll

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Kenneth Grahame

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Tolkien; J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973; English writer and philologist)

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third

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

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omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

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work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

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translation; version (e.g. "English version")

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translator

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Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)

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senior high school; high school

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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try to be; want to be

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king; monarch; ruler; champion

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Lloyd Alexander

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high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine

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Teruo

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criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay

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fantasy

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reading (books)

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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wish; desire; ambition; choice

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Celtic mythology

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ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

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Japan

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myth; mythology

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)

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preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

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rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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gloom; melancholy

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escape; evasion; flight

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

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insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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children's literature; juvenile literature

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association; society; organization; organisation

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Rookie of the Year award

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at that time; in those days

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newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

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