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complete works; complete collection; complete series

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motif

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illustrator

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germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear

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unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite

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real estate business

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full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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Kamakura period (1185-1333)

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women's writing; literature written by women

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

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original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

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first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

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ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period

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to go on reading

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heroine; female protagonist

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Emperor Gofukakusa (1243-1304; officially reigned as a child 1246-1259)

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undersash; belt

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

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unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

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celebrities; notables

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unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

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who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?

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Halloween

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French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick

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bamboo basket

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to shade an account; to add something extra

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

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to impress; to charm

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bakery; baker

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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supermarket

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butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop

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greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades

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baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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cook; chef; cock; tap; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)

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edge of the eaves; house frontage

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo

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usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

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just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new

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to be deep fried; to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings); to stand out; to be striking

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