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laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

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birthday present

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gleaming sword

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autobiography

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joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work

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to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

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income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts

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bestseller

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public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing

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official business; public business

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public; official

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

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support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support

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heroic

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

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contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

2

Yamato (ancient name for Japan)

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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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three kinds; three varieties

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Aokigahara Forest (sea of trees at the base of Mount Fuji)

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voyage; passage; travelling

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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occurrence; happening; incident; event

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nonfiction

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amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

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

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matter of concern; matter of interest

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title

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kanji; Chinese character

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)

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making (a manga, video game, etc.) into an animated film or TV series; anime adaptation

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to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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royalty (on book)

3

writing; composition; essay; sentence

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unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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unearned income; investment income; passive income

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erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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real name

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putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

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weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

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derailment; digression; deviation

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course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

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to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

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wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

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