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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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10th day of the month; ten days

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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Wings (British-American rock band)

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commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

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Shinshokan (publisher)

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main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement

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check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out

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unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will

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to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow

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to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point

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trouble with men; calamities brought upon a woman by a man

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(romantic) trouble with women; calamities brought upon a man by a woman

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

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family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

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payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

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summer cold (illness); summer flu

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decision; determination

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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life; living; I; me; student

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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first day of the month; the first of the month

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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Libra (constellation); the Scales

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type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)

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multi-

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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refinement; elegance; grace

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in someone (else's) name

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writing; authoring

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target

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first issue

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

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most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work

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show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show

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cloud; (the) cloud; cloud computing; cloud service; crowd

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dreams; fantasy; visions

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written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

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the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem

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beautiful story

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new book; 17x11 cm paperback book

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(large) building; public building; hall

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absent-mindedness; stupor; being stunned (e.g. by the news); devastation; fainting

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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choice

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