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cursive style

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English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit

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both feet; both legs

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)

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(not) so much; (not) that much

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real intention; true motive; true meaning

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to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on

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to be too late; to be too slow

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origin; beginning; start

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change

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greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year

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(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)

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to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

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main text; original text; this book; this volume

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November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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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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17x11cm paperback books

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publication; issue

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

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October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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

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library; book collection; paperback book

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ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book

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to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

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series

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distribution (of information, news, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming (over the Internet)

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(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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psychological

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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3rd day of the month; three days

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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slaughter; massacre

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magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

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Niō no Miya (in The Tale of Genji)

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10th day of the month; ten days

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gallows

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17th day of the month; 17 days

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ladder

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court

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bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)

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24th day of the month; 24 days

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first day of the month; the first of the month

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