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one's mind

4

baseless; groundless

1

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

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

2

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

2

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

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

1

I-novel; novel narrated in the first person

1

age; years (old)

2

to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

1

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel

1

to arouse criticism; to provoke; to cause a controversy; to give rise to hostile comment

1

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

1

daring and resolute; having dauntless courage

1

onlooker; bystander

1

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

3

evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation

1

hunting

2

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

3

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

4

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

2

to cover up; to conceal

2

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

2

lava

1

Pompeii

1

volcanic ash

1

dormant volcano

1

lending and borrowing

1

extra; excess; surplus

3

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

2

in many cases

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

2

return

1

to default on one's debt

1

Japan; Japanese-style

1

swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

to change one's mind

1

to say (something) over one's shoulder

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

1

to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

1

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

1

indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

3

himself; yourself; herself

1

being frank; going so far as to say

1

transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above

3

the Absolute

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