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life; living; I; me; student

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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

Christmas Eve

1

Merry Christmas

2

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

1

lately; recently

1

Christmas present

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to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of

1

cone; corn

1

being invited

1

house party; stayover

1

help

1

like; as if; the same as

1

both; (not) either

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to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

1

dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

1

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

1

Rookie of the Year award

1

lovers' quarrel

1

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

1

early rising

1

evening; dusk

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

2

eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

to go to meet somebody

1

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

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Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

2

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!

2

blending of Japanese and Western styles

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Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae

1

woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

1

Christ

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

birth; creation; formation

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

2

Santa; Santa Claus

2

wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

4

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

1

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

2

decoration; arrangement

1

yes

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to make something be done in time

1

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

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