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mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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mother

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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air temperature

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difference; variation; difference

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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sensitivity to cold

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to answer; to reply

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to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

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before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up

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two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)

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hawks; hardline faction; hardliner

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preference; priority; precedence

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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why; how

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he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

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view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

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to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

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to come back

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asleep (in bed); sick in bed

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neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

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snow storm; blizzard

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disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

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help

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temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

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to blow snow violently

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this much; this amount

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departure

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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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to dissolve; to melt

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