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Yashajintouge

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Fujikawachō

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throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building

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Happy New Year

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Nobuyama

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to become fluffy

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tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

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approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member

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margherita (pizza)

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firelighter

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Fujita

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fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

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hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh

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pig's feet

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ladder form of "high" kanji

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soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

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comb

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mobile sales (e.g. food trucks); mobile catering; route sales

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citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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burner

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(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha

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Happy New Year

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Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

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red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis

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tiramisu

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seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi

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to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

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roasted green tea

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check-out

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soup

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fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)

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Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

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dog; doggy; bow-wow

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stopping one night

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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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to satisfy one's appetite

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excellent luck

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one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

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crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)

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heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

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feeble joke; bad pun

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open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

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a period of two days

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New Year's Eve; end of the year

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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first shrine visit of New Year

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pitch black; deep black

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maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

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