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graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

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writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

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anthology

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behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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symptoms; condition (of a patient)

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

4

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

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personification; impersonation; embodiment

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

3

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

2

to have meaning; to be meaningful

2

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)

5

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

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story; tale; talk; discussion

2

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

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Setsutsu

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Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

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regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice

1

in high spirits; excited; energetic

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seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio

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Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

2

stroke of sword

1

means; method; way

1

to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate

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immediate ruling; immediate decision; deciding for oneself; direct ruling; direct judgement

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

3

(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough

2

to expel; to drive out

5

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

2

the street; the town

1

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

1

fin-de-siècle; decadent

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss

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also called

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

4

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

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spawning

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eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

2

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

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skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

4

to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

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to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

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escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

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