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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

way (of doing); method

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

2

slowly and quietly; smoothly

4

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

3

corner; nook; recess

3

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

2

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

10

last year

2

young literary enthusiast

2

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

5

dozens; scores of; decades

4

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

pencil

2

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

13

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

3

twins; twin

4

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

11

Orion

1

Andromeda

1

star

1

metaphor

1

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

1

chopsticks

1

library

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

5

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

2

once more; again

8

whereunder; thereunder

1

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

2

Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

4

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

reaction; response; reaction

2

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

4

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

4

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

literary master

2

Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

2

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

one's own handwriting; autograph

1

(having) same family and personal name

1