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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

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plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

3

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

4

to close; to shut

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

6

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

1

good-for-nothing; worthless

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to prevent; to take precautions

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

construction work

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

as a child; when one was a child

2

to carry around; to carry on one's person

1

worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning

1

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

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

longevity; long life

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

huh!; oh; wow; I see

2

book of traditional Japanese music

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

snow; snowfall

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

more than usual

1

snowman

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

2

water fountain

6

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

skating (esp. ice); skate; skates

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

4

Ouch!

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

1

white

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light brown; tawny

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maybe; could be; might

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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trap

2

to be smeared; to be covered

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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snow country

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Aomori (city, prefecture)

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