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masterpiece

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

3

is not; am not; are not

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The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

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if it's the case

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Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

3

all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

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colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

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even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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oh; ah

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sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

2

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

3

novel; (short) story

2

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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two

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Murakami Haruki (1949-)

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

2

because; as; since

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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

2

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

3

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

4

reader

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

3

to look forward to

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please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

Tougen

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publication

5

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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mother

4

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

3

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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keyboard

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to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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