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afterword; postscript

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nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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Washichi

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be; is

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in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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to publish a book; to put out a book

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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someone; somebody

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

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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that; the matter in question

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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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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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

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thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

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the current ...; this; today's ...

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

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puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer

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

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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was; were

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don't you think?; indicates question

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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reader

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everyone

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each; respectively

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separate; respective; different

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impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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that is to say; so that means

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

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is not; am not; are not

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

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character; personality; (fictional) character; character

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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