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increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)

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zephyr

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tiding over

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material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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foreign; abroad; overseas

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novel; (short) story

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exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

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to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

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

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idea

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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famous; fame

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splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

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to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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letter; writings

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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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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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

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being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

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we; us

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fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

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fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

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Tiffany

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

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making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)

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that's the way it is; such is life

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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generation; the world; the age

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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to love

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to write a novel

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Matsuyama (city in Ehime)

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wow

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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hair (on the head)

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

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publication

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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