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Hirano Keiichirō (1975.6-)

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

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Kitakyushu (city)

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city

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one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Kyoto University

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faculty of law; school of law; college of law

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attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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solar eclipse

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Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)

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prize; award

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each country; every country; various countries; all countries

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chief; main; principal; important

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(written) work; book; writings

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attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial

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to trickle down

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ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

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burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

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art; the arts

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recommendation

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Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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Rookie of the Year award

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bang; whump; boom

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literary prize

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merely for form's sake

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blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

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labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon

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essay

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talk; dialogue; conversation

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collection; compilation

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

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vitality; (one's) life force

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(full-length) novel; long novel

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matinee

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Watanabe Jun'ichi (1933.10-)

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cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now

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longtime best seller; product with steady sales over a long time

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making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen

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Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri

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official website

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delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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new book; new publication

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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notice; notification

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offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

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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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cork

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