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if it is the case that ...

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

7

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

16

to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

3

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

10

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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battlefield; battleground

3

to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

2

scenery; scene; landscape

6

was

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

55

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

7

tee-hee

3

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

22

stove; furnace; kiln

13

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

7

Shino

4

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

59

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

60

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

48

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

38

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

13

Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture

8

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

4

feldspar

2

glaze; overglaze; enamel

7

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

69

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

8

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

9

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

6

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

2

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

2

money; funds

14

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

19

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

3

after one's death

12

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

11

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

2

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator

1

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

50

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

5

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

15

nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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