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

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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udon served in a pot with broth

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hot sake

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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

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to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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Akita (city, prefecture)

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)

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hereabouts; around here

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

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mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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tomorrow; near future

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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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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

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I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish

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hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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even

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explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting

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kneading (cat)

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dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

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cockroach

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soul; spirit

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white

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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my condolences

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