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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

43

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

6

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

18

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

3

plentiful; abundant; definitely extant

1

under ... years of age; less than ... years old

2

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

1

besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

1

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

4

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

misunderstanding

6

delicately; weakly; gently; supplely

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

7

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

2

novel; story; (work of) fiction

4

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

3

depiction; description; portrayal

3

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

5

adult (film, etc.); pornographic; X-rated

11

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

1

feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

4

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

9

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

22

to escape

1

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

homosexuality; homosexual love

3

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

3

general term; generic name

1

rikka; formal style of ikebana

11

to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

Nobel Prize

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Thomas Mann

1

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

2

Venice

1

to die

1

famous; well-known

2

Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)

1

to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

2

blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

1

literary work

3