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fabrication; pipe dream

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

discoverer

2

junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

to be away from home; to be out of the house

1

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

4

soul; spirit

3

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

3

serialization; serialisation; serial story

4

this week

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

2

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

4

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

3

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

3

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

your husband; her husband

3

floor

2

workroom

2

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

two

3

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

hatch

10

disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster

2

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

2

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

3

what to do

1

lock

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

5

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch

1

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

2

as you see; as you can see

1

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

dream

1

editor (in publishing, etc.)

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

2

to do

1

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

3

weekly publication

1

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

Moscow (Russia)

1

(one's parents') home

3

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

3

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

3