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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

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was; were

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earnings from a part-time job

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unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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to save up (money)

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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to obtain; to procure

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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debut work; one's first work

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at that time; in those days

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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out of print

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be; is

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oh, yes?; really?

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miso soup

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every week

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weekly publication

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step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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suspending publication (of serialized content in newspapers, magazines, etc.)

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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adds force or indicates command

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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to fall down; to drop

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really; truly

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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to apologize; to apologise

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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