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high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

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Hiroko

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Meiko

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Aki

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straight-sets loss; straight-set defeat

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plate of assorted fried food

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floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

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imitation Japanese vellum

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putting life into; animating; cheering up

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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(arch.) fruit; counter for fruit

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to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

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unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune

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steering committee

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pinch hitter

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time schedule

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self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

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adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid

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presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness

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free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory

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helper

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to stretch; to extend; to gain influence; to become stronger; to go further; to extend one's journey; to smooth out

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trivial; not amounting to much

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chow; three-in-a-row

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payday

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week after next

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small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish

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comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable

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Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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shoes

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annoying; noisy; strict

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serious injury

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complete agreement

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healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

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fire engine; fire truck

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to be exhausted; to be worn out

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regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

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home economics

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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temper; disposition

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

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half century

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pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club

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to tell a lie; to fib

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group work

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abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

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peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

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intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

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Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

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concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

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