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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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seven

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

2

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

market; fair

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counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

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valley

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garrison; military base

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inside; within

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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

disembowelment; harakiri

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suicide

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world; society; people; the public

1

big; large; great

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shock; impact; crash

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to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

5

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

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literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

esthetic; aesthetic

1

sensational

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

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to drag in; to pull in

1

homosexuality; homosexual love

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Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)

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Hamamatsu Chuunagon

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subject; theme

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dream

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transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

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to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

3

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

11

large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

1

The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy by Mishima)

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adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

3

buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

12

virtue

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which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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restaurant (esp. Western-style)

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chef

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careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

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ingredient; foodstuff

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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fine quality

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