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afterword; postscript

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hello; good day; good afternoon

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Ochi

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Shizuku

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be; is

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this piece; this work

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Equilibrium

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king; monarch; ruler; champion

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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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crest; coat of arms

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

3

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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library; book collection; paperback book

2

big prize; first prize

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award of excellence; merit award

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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.

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winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

3

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript

2

change of title; retitling; changed title

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

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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

2

everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen

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thank you very much

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

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three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

1

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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I; me

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in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

2

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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

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contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

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life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

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start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

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light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

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Rookie of the Year award

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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one year; some time ago

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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