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upper arm; (arch.) lower arm

2

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

leading; guiding; commanding

1

ability to think up names; knack for naming things

1

being startled

1

Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

1

title

2

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

1

winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

2

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

1

omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

4

no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake

1

best

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

to be found; to be discovered

2

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

2

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

river fish; freshwater fish

1

ninety; 90

2

older brother and younger sister

1

younger sister

1

point in question (at issue)

1

(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so

1

to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

3

very interesting; of great interest

1

to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up

1

wild animal

1

researcher

1

accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

to become fraught with emotion

1

older sister; elder sister

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions

1

ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

1

rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

2

fourteen; 14

2

counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

2

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)

1

20 percent

1

sumo wrestler; rikishi

1