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afterword; postscript

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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limit; bound

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invasion

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

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

4

indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

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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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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

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end; conclusion

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

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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

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main text; original text; this book; this volume

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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.

8

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

4

thank you

4

Kei

2

be; is

4

debut work; one's first work

1

be; is

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dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

2

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem

1

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

2

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

five; 5

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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Eden

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nine; 9

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

2

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

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exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though

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counter for books; volume

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

however; but

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business world; business circles; (the) industry

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

1

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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