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poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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four o'clock

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

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Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

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this year

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established practice; custom

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every year; yearly; annually

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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west

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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large river

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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relation; connection; relevance

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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that's so, isn't it

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NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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tomorrow; near future

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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to be found; to be discovered

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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to do as one likes

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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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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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to subsist; to keep on living

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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dream

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to leave undone

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however

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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various

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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