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watch your step; slippery floor

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superb or valuable book

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peanut butter

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spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan

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Kota (India)

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soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

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prayer for school success

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osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

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shooting game

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to cook by steam

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kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour

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Christmas party

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice

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New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

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new menu item; new dish on a menu

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thank you very much

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ear; year

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if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

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sub; substitute; reserve; sub-

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Merry Christmas

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great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out

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under blazing sun

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wise saying; famous saying

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fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

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sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer

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kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

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concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

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twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

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old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

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navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

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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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beginning of spring

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major cleanup; spring cleaning

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

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

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ashamed

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question; query

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certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

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election; selection; choice

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lucky; fortunate

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