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meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan)

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seasonal word (in haiku)

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Matsusaka beef

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overtime work

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drinker; person who can hold their drink

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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two-storied building

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limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll

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yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

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alternation of generations

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singer

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hot spring district (within a town)

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the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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banquet hall

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some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

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about when; about what time; how soon

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high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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redevelopment

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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table tennis; ping-pong

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to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better

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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

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during the war

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I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit

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regular customer

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liquid crystal

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to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything

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to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

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banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

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old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

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starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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destination; place one stays during a trip

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immortal; undying; indestructible

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

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to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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kiss

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unhappy; sad; gloomy

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luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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singer

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bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

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all over; all over the place; everywhere

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stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

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