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stand for flower vase

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commuting to nursery school or kindergarten

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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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arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

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to pour water on; to irrigate

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high window; clerestory window

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one's daughter and heiress

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tidying up; finishing

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interior of a village

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bunt

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sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author

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mountain-walking; hiking

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back of the house

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variety; variety show

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getting an advance (on one's salary)

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accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency

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to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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to buy back; to redeem

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rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending

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forest; shrine grove

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to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

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meeting place; assembly hall

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rich person

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living by oneself; living alone

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son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

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shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

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each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

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mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

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plain; plateau; tableland

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seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

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staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover

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appointment

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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hard to reach place; remote place

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happy memory; sweet memory

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one-way (trip); one-way ticket

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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one machine; one vehicle

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journalist

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mother

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to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life

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big fan (of something or someone); great fan

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short-term

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to turn off power

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right angle; perpendicular

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boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)

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vacant house; unoccupied house

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bankruptcy; insolvency

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taboo

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to succeed to a house

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