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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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city

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shopping district; shopping street; downtown

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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articles; supplies; parts

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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talisman; lucky charm

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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people

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to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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each; respectively

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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what to do

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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Maina

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

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

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live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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time; hour; period; class

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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suffix for familiar person

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indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

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I; me

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

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black soybean

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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then; well; so; be; is

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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