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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

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brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

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good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

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to write down

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

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to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

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intermission (between acts); interlude

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truth; real situation

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opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

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now that; since; so long as; because

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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one's mind

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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expression; phraseology

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baseless; groundless

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guess; speculation; supposition

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even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

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that is to say; so that means

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unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

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to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

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idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

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to well up; to burst; to arise

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

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so much; so; like that

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to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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after death

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Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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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

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I-novel; novel narrated in the first person

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age; years (old)

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)

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to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

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perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

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erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

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relative; relation; kin

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to cause controversy; to be controversial; to arouse criticism; to raise a storm; to cause a stir

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voluminous work; bulky volume; tome; great work; masterpiece; magnum opus

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to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

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to comfort; to console; to amuse

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to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

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however; whatever

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