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Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

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collection of short stories; collected short stories

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grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night

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picture book

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tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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outline; summary; argument

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being left out; being ostracized

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miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful

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end; conclusion

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exploration; expedition

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regular meeting

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

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section meeting; division (of a larger organisation); department; section

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committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

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general term; generic name

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chief; main; principal; important

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all parts; various parts; every department

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financial statement

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main constituent; core; nucleus; subject

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record of proceedings; minutes

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chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

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proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)

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schedule; program; programme; agenda

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schedule; program; calendar

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big job; great task

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coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

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first impression

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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isolation; being alone; being friendless

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)

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indicates emphasis

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supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; (lit.) licking each other's wounds

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to complete decisively; to do to completion

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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(written) report

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stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

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timid; faint of heart

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field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly

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timid; faint of heart

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rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

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dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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leaving a club; quitting a club

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cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

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speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

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serious injury

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indirection; indirectness

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