jpdb beta

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

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first shrine visit of the New Year

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

10

countdown

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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oath; vow

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isn't that right?

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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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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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be; is; isn't it?

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first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse

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soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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samba

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year

3

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

2

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

2

called; known as; that; to say

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if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

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tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

2

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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alcohol; sake

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to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

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direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

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baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

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hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

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transparent; clear

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end-of-year; year-end

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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choice; selection

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snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

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