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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)

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whenever you want; any time you like

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31st day of the month; 31 days

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November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

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breathily (while talking)

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to talk in one's sleep

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to drop; to lose; to let fall

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to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

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secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop

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work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)

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Taurus (constellation); the Bull

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

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kyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery

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first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

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Waseda University

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities

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after graduation

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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

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Iwai Shimako (1964-)

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horror

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library; book collection; paperback book

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Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)

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

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animator

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and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

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illustrator

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Battle Spirits

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Inazuma Eleven (manga)

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vanguard

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large number (of); many; majority

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to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

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Tim Burton

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supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

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Sleepy Hollow

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seventeen; 17

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

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bluebird of happiness

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