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stone; rock; pebble

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

40

cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)

3

cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th); traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

1

to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

1

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

1

to mix; to blend; to combine

1

freshly fried

1

chūnō sauce; semi-sweet sauce made from fruit and vegetables

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

2

to rally; to make a comeback

1

New Year's Week (festivities)

2

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

2

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

2

night train

2

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

rook

1

cape (on coast)

1

police sergeant

1

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)

1

Manila (Philippines)

1

flight; escape; running away; flying high

1

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

poor home

1

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

to get in touch with

2

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

1

whatever

2

alternating; taking turns

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

3

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear

1

number; series of digits

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

2

kitten; small cat

3

brimming with curiosity

1

plaything; toy

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2