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brand new; fresh

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

is not; am not; are not

1

oh; ah

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

1

as a child; when one was a child

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

2

father; dad; husband; you; he

2

one thin flat object; one sheet

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

4

observation; survey; watching

2

novel; (short) story

2

novelist; fiction writer

1

until now; so far; up to the present

1

clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

1

prize; award

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

shop; small store; business; firm

1

Minamibōsō City

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hotel

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

1

food; food products; foodstuffs

3

to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish

1

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

this year

1

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

1

delivery of goods

1

mistake; error; blunder

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

1

showy; ostentatious

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

company president; manager; director

4

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

3

pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

really; truly

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