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financier; business leader

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

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performing style; acting style

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in the same way as; just like

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to subsist; to keep on living

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fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number

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prostitution

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epoch-making; pivotal

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

3

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

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unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

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it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...

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Grimm's Fairy Tales

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noble birth

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wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country

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story; tale

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source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

1

bestseller

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essence; extract

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treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.

2

aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots

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Columbus; Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)

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New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)

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westward trip; trip to the West

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reading comprehension

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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tradition; convention

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outrageous lie; outright lie

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thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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library; book collection; paperback book

2

uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)

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Gormenghast (series)

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trilogy

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to reread; to read again

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colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated

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reform; innovation

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rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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thank you

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book title

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supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)

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issuer; publisher

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Hiroaki

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